Reinier Lucassen - Zeefdruk - 1996 - Sold

Screen print by Reinier Lucassen from 1996. Number: 130/140. Tabletop dimensions: H29.5 x W21cm. The work is signed lower left by the artist. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.

When purchasing, the work can be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague (Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 5 minutes from the beach). The term for collection, if paid in advance, is very long, in other words, the buyer can collect the work weeks or even months later and, if possible, combine it with a visit to one of the aforementioned cities or the beach. We can also send the work via Postnl. Our shipping days are Tuesday and Thursday.

Reinier Lucassen (Amsterdam, 1939) is a Dutch painter. He is a representative of the painting movement called new figuration. Others in this movement are Alphons Freijmuth, Pieter Holstein, Etienne Elias and Roger Raveel. In 1986 he exhibited for the Netherlands in the Rietveld Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Work
Lucassen studied at the Institute for Applied Arts Education in Amsterdam. From 1960 he developed a figurative painting style that combines recognizable elements from everyday life with abstract symbols and signs. His early work is seen as a European response to pop art.
From the start, Lucassen combined trivial elements, such as cartoon characters, table lamps, armchairs and plants, with large brightly colored surfaces and expressive elements. Since 1980 he has been making smaller, more subdued work, for example powerful signs built from simple dots, distantly reminiscent of the dot paintings of the Aborigines. Typical of Lucassen's style is that he often integrates characters into the image in a pictorial manner and sometimes gives the works poetic or enigmatic titles. The assemblages he makes are made up of everyday materials such as wood, tin or rubber that suggest a new meaning through their arrangement. For many years he was senior lecturer in painting at the AKI in Enschede.