Germain Van der Steen (1887-1985) - Fleurs
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Germain Van der Steen’s oil on canvas titled 'Fleurs', 65 × 54 cm, France, dated 1950–1960, signed by hand, in good condition, original edition and sold with frame.
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Very beautiful work, a floral composition with very beautiful colors, around 1960,
Origin: Lions Club of Dauville
A rare artist on the market.
Germain Van der Steen, born Germain Vandersteen Mauduit Larive on July 7, 1897, in Versailles and died on April 12, 1985, in Garches, was a French painter.
Germain Van der Steen sets off to study in England and will graduate from Oxford.
Drafted during World War I, he was gassed.
After the armistice, he becomes a color merchant in the Étoile district of Paris. Passionate about painting, he paints at night. He is self-taught, and his art is linked to naïve painting. Three periods can be discerned in his artistic career: the non-figurative period, then that of imaginary vegetals, multicolored with draperies, and finally the period of bestiaries, in which he mainly depicts cats and birds. His colors are very vivid.
Germain Van der Steen exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.
-Public collections:
Vicq, International Museum of Naive Art: The Deluge, oil on canvas.
-Exhibitions:
France
Belgium
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Yugoslavia
United States
Italy
Israel
Austria
Germany
Brazil
Louise Gallery in Paris in 1950
Hutter, Basel in 1951
Nice Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition “Demon and Wonders” in 2002: The Creation of the World after Darius Milhaud
Lapalisse Museum and Art Center, 'Works of Germain Vandersteen', until September 15, 2012.
Very beautiful work, a floral composition with very beautiful colors, around 1960,
Origin: Lions Club of Dauville
A rare artist on the market.
Germain Van der Steen, born Germain Vandersteen Mauduit Larive on July 7, 1897, in Versailles and died on April 12, 1985, in Garches, was a French painter.
Germain Van der Steen sets off to study in England and will graduate from Oxford.
Drafted during World War I, he was gassed.
After the armistice, he becomes a color merchant in the Étoile district of Paris. Passionate about painting, he paints at night. He is self-taught, and his art is linked to naïve painting. Three periods can be discerned in his artistic career: the non-figurative period, then that of imaginary vegetals, multicolored with draperies, and finally the period of bestiaries, in which he mainly depicts cats and birds. His colors are very vivid.
Germain Van der Steen exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1944.
-Public collections:
Vicq, International Museum of Naive Art: The Deluge, oil on canvas.
-Exhibitions:
France
Belgium
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Yugoslavia
United States
Italy
Israel
Austria
Germany
Brazil
Louise Gallery in Paris in 1950
Hutter, Basel in 1951
Nice Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition “Demon and Wonders” in 2002: The Creation of the World after Darius Milhaud
Lapalisse Museum and Art Center, 'Works of Germain Vandersteen', until September 15, 2012.
Details
Artist
Germain Van der Steen (1887-1985)
Sold with frame
Yes
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Owner or reseller
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Fleurs
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
France
Condition
Good condition
Height
65 cm
Width
54 cm
Style
Naive Art
Period
1950-1960
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