Pieter Starreveld - Lithograph "Nudes" made in 1944 by j.c. Boys made list - Sold

Special Lithograph on paper with female and male nudes made by Pieter Starreveld in 1944. Signed in the plate with monogram and date. The beautiful (drawn) frame was specially designed for this series of lithographs by architect and furniture maker Jacob Cornelis Jongens (1898-1986). Dimensions lithograph 20x30cm and incl. frame 40x50cm.


Pieter Starreveld (1911-1989) was a versatile sculptor who worked in the tradition of classical sculpture. For him, artistry and craftsmanship formed an inseparable unity: it was the sculptor's task to represent visible reality and, above all, to emphasize the beauty of that reality. He therefore opted entirely for figurative art and saw nothing in experimental developments in sculpture in the twentieth century. At the beginning of his working life, Starreveld mainly carved different materials, after which he started casting bronze works in the 1950s, from 1963 in his own foundry in Amersfoort.
Between 1945 and 1957 he made no fewer than 23 monuments in commemoration of the Second World War, in which he mainly depicted women, because he believed that women have a stronger emotional life than men and are therefore the appropriate figure in a monument that appeals to the feeling. He saw women not only as the embodiment of beauty, but also of love, care and freedom. Other themes in his work are portraits and animals. From the earliest days he carved very classical, tranquil portraits of both children and adults in wood, limestone or marble, later his work became more expressive in tone. In his animal images he mainly tries to depict the vitality and movement of animals in free space. In addition to birds, horses are among his favorite subjects: the series of foals and horses shows a development from very naturalistic to more stylized works. In his last working years, Starreveld mainly focused on small plastics: statues of bronze or chamotte and a large number of reliefs, where he played with various angles.