Justus Donker (XX) - Ode aan Jacob Kanbier

Original work by Justus Donker
Mixed media on canvas panel 6-panel

Expressive and colorful work by the Dutch artist Justus Donker, titled Ode to Jacob Kanbier. The work is built from six panels and is characterized by a powerful, spontaneous painting style with thick layers of paint, bright colors and dynamic lines.
In this work Donker pays homage to the artist Jacob Kanbier, who played an important role in his artistic development. The influence of Kanbier's energetic and free way of painting is clearly felt in the expressive brushstrokes and the almost explosive character of the work.
The six panels form one powerful, monumental image. The combination of gold, blue, green and red tones, the layering of the paint and the handwritten elements give the work an assertive and personal appearance.
A distinctive work for lovers of Dutch contemporary and expressive painting, and particularly for collectors of Justus Donker and Jacob Kanbier's work.

Hand signed on the front.


Donker became known in the early nineties as a member of the group After Nature, of which he was part from 1989 until its dissolution in 1995. Other members of the group were Peter Klashorst, Jurriaan van Hall, Bart Domburg and Ernst Voss. The first exhibition of After Nature with Donker took place in 1990 at the Seasons Gallery in The Hague. In the years that followed, the members of this group visited the United States several times to participate in exhibitions and painting performances.
Together with his painter brothers Gijs Donker (1964) and Aad Donker (1967-1998), who were also members of After Nature, he became known as one of 'the Donker brothers' or 'the Donker brothers'. After the death of his brother Aad, Donker stopped painting for several years and moved to Wehe-den Hoorn in the province of Groningen. In 2009 he moved again to Leiden, where he grew up.