Pieter Starreveld - Lithograph "reclining nudes" made in 1944 by J.C. Boys made list - Sold

Special lithograph on paper by pieter Starreveld in 1944 with reclining female and male nude. 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. Artistry and craftsmanship formed an inseparable unity for him: it was the sculptor's task to depict visible reality and above all to emphasize the beauty of that reality. He therefore opted entirely for figurative art and saw no point in experimental developments in sculpture in the twentieth century. At the beginning of his working life, Starreveld mainly carved in various materials, after which he started casting bronze works in the fifties, from 1963 in his own foundry in Amersfoort.

Between 1945 and 1957 he made no less than 23 monuments to commemorate 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 emotion. 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 very beginning he carved very classical still portraits of both children and adults in wood, limestone or marble, later his work becomes more expressive in tone. In his animal sculptures he tries to show the vitality and movement of animals in free space. Besides birds, horses are among his favorite subjects: in the series of foals and horses a development can be seen from very naturalistic to more stylized works.
In his last working years, Starreveld focused mainly on small plastics: bronze or chamotte statues and a large number of reliefs, in which he plays with various angles.