Gaston Relens (1909-2011) - Gouache - Maternité
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Gaston Relens, Gouache - Maternité, gouache on paper signed bottom left, 69 × 49 cm (with frame 80 × 60 cm), Belgian origin, 1960–1970 period, original edition, in excellent condition, depicting a mother with her newborn in a multicoloured palette dominated by turquoise, blue, green and pink and framed.
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Original gouache on paper, signed bottom left.
Title: Maternity
Beautiful original work by Belgian painter Gaston Relens (1909-2011), depicting a mother tenderly holding her newborn in her arms.
This composition is distinguished by the intensity of its colors and the softness of its subject. The artist uses a particularly luminous palette, dominated by turquoise, blue, green and pink hues, harmoniously contrasting with the warm tones of the faces and hands. The simplified shapes, assertive contours and stylized volumes testify to a personal pictorial handwriting, close to figurative expressionism.
The mother's gaze, serene, gives this work a profoundly humane and timeless dimension.
About the artist:
Gaston Relens (1909-2011) was a Belgian painter born in Mechelen. He studied at the Mechelen Academy of Fine Arts with Gustave Van de Woestyne, then at the Brussels Academy with Anto Carte. His work is characterized in particular by an expressive exploration of colour, light and human representation.
Technique: original gouache on paper
Signature: signed bottom left
Dimensions of the work as viewed: 69 × 49 cm
Dimensions with frame: 80 × 60 cm
Origin: Belgian school
Style: figurative expressionism
Subject: maternity, mother and child
Period: 20th century
Condition: excellent
Presentation: white frame with mat
Original gouache on paper, signed bottom left.
Title: Maternity
Beautiful original work by Belgian painter Gaston Relens (1909-2011), depicting a mother tenderly holding her newborn in her arms.
This composition is distinguished by the intensity of its colors and the softness of its subject. The artist uses a particularly luminous palette, dominated by turquoise, blue, green and pink hues, harmoniously contrasting with the warm tones of the faces and hands. The simplified shapes, assertive contours and stylized volumes testify to a personal pictorial handwriting, close to figurative expressionism.
The mother's gaze, serene, gives this work a profoundly humane and timeless dimension.
About the artist:
Gaston Relens (1909-2011) was a Belgian painter born in Mechelen. He studied at the Mechelen Academy of Fine Arts with Gustave Van de Woestyne, then at the Brussels Academy with Anto Carte. His work is characterized in particular by an expressive exploration of colour, light and human representation.
Technique: original gouache on paper
Signature: signed bottom left
Dimensions of the work as viewed: 69 × 49 cm
Dimensions with frame: 80 × 60 cm
Origin: Belgian school
Style: figurative expressionism
Subject: maternity, mother and child
Period: 20th century
Condition: excellent
Presentation: white frame with mat
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Edition
Original
Artist
Gaston Relens (1909-2011)
Title of artwork
Gouache - Maternité
Technique
Gouache
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Belgium
Colour
Blue, Green, Multicolour, Pink, Turquoise, White
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
80 cm
Width
60 cm
Style
Modern
Period
1960-1970
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