Marie-Jose Robben - oil on canvas | 'Panorama IX' | 2006

Top work by Marie Jose Robben. Very pasty and colorfully painted.
The oil paint is very thick on top, which creates a material-like appearance. The light plays with the relief and makes the whole dynamic. Signed on the back of the canvas.
The work is in top condition.
Robben studied at the academy in Den Bosch and Amsterdam, after which she trained at the 'École des beaux arts' in Paris. There she learned the technique of 'wet-on-wet' painting. She has mastered this technique down to the last detail, which means the colors remain very bright and unique.
In the period from 2005 to 2007, Robben painted 18 separate works on canvas, which together form 'Panorama Robben (Loonse en Drunense Duinen'). All works of art, one after the other, show a panorama of no less than 50 x 1260 cm. The total panorama is in the exhibited in the autumn of 2007 at DOK Arts Center in Delft. Based on this artwork, Arjen Duinker created 'Poem with trumpet', which was later included in the collection Neighborhood Children (Querido 2009). The works are listed in the book 'Paint and painting'. , see the last photo.
Robben has exhibited in the Netherlands, Germany and France since 1987. In 2002, an exhibition of her work was organized in the Singer Museum in Laren. The accompanying text of the museum was as follows: 'For Marie-José Robben (Loon op Zand, 1959), the material of the paint plays an extremely important role. Her paintings are a plea for pure painting. Bright colours, placed against each other in thickly applied paint, determine the composition. Without using any form of figuration, the Dutch landscape or flowers are immediately recognizable in her paintings. The adventure of painting that expresses itself in the frantic rhythm of the strokes and keys is contagious.'
In 2016 she had an exhibition in the 'De Fundatie' museum in Zwolle. She is also represented by various galleries, which also visit the Kunstrai and the PAN every year.