Theodorus van Oorschot - Barn interior with animals - Sold

Oil on board approx. 54x31, signed Th. bottom left. v. Oorschot, painted ca. 1940 in authentic, intact gallery frame. In the barn we see a chicken, a cat and 2 calves' heads. "Ready to hang" Theodorus (Dorus) van Oorschot (Schijndel, 1910 - 1989) was a Dutch painter. He mainly worked in an impressionist style, often with the landscape of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch as his subject. He also painted many still lifes. His coloring is somewhat more exuberant than that of the earlier Dutch impressionism of the Hague School. Until 1972 he lived in a house with an attached studio on the Dokter Poelsstraat, near the center of Schijndel. He then moved to the Venushoek just west of Schijndel. His old studio there, in a farm, has been used as a museum since May 1, 1997: the Atelier van Oorschot. The last opening was on Sunday, December 21, 2008. There is a statue of him on the corner of Schootsestraat and Venushoek. He is depicted with an easel. The collection of Dorus van Oorschot, consisting of 160 paintings, was subsequently given a new place in the Museum Jan Heestershuis, also in Schijndel. In 2010, there was a retrospective exhibition on the occasion of his centenary.