Willy Boers - mixed media on board | 'Untitled' | 1950s
- Description
- Willy Boers (1905-1978)
| Type of artwork | Painting |
| Period | 1945 to 1999 |
| Technique | Mixed media |
| Support | Board |
| Framed | Framed |
| Dimensions | 19 x 16 cm (h x w) |
| Incl. frame | 24 x 20 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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Very nice work by Willy Boers.
Signed and dated by the artist lower right. Signature and date have faded somewhat over time. Dated 1950s or even earlier.
The whole is in neat condition.
Willy Herman Friederich Boers (Amsterdam, October 13, 1905 - ibid., May 13, 1978) was a Dutch painter and one of the innovators after the Second World War.
Youth and start
Willy Boers came from a Dutch-German banking family. After dropping out of school, he trained as a restorer. He refused to take over his father's insurance company and became a painter instead. He was originally a restorer of paintings, but as an artist he was self-taught.
Life and work
He started in the thirties in a realistic style, related to the New Objectivity. Besides being a painter, he was also a draftsman and sculptor. He made portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes as well as non-figurative work. He signed his work with 'WBoers'.
Boers was a member of the Hague Art Circle until 1940 and of the Amsterdam artists' association De Onafhankelijken from 1929 to 1941. Boers' work after 1945 had become completely abstract with clear influences from Kandinsky. In addition to being a thoroughbred painter, he was also a gifted author, who wrote a large number of illuminating articles on abstract art. In 1946, together with Ger Gerrits, he founded the group Vrij Beelden, which also consisted of Willem Hussem, Piet Ouborg and Jan Roëde; the group of painters opted for experiment and abstraction, freely building on existing movements such as cubism, surrealism and expressionism. The group exhibited regularly in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Soon after the war, he often stayed in Paris where he became acquainted with the work of French abstract painters, such as those from the 'École de Paris'; he participated four times in the exhibitions of the 'Salon des Réalités Nouvelles', where abstraction was at its peak. In the sixties and seventies two new variations of work followed, his material paintings and the collages. His earlier experiences as a painting restorer now found a practical application in the preparation and treatment of his materials such as paint and canvas or paper, for his gouaches, material works and collages. In addition to influences from the abstract painters from Paris, there was also a strong New York orientation present in Boers' work.
In 1954 he married the sculptress Greet van Amstel, who, through his encouragement, also began to paint abstract compositions. Boers was also good friends with Ger Gerrits; the two artists had already executed a mural together in 1950 for the Catholic Ambachtsschool Don Bosco, in Amsterdam East. Gerrits and Boers did one panel; Eugène Brands and Anton Rooskens the second. The four friends also regularly exhibited together during the group 'Creatie'; they were all members!
Creation: 'Absolute Art'
In 1950, Boers and Ger Gerrits founded the Amsterdam artists' group 'Creatie': the 'Vereniging tot bevordering van Absolute Kunst' (Association for the promotion of Absolute Art). 'Absolute' stood for abstract, because the group only included abstract artists. A number of earlier attempts by Gerrits and Boers to create an innovative grouping among Amsterdam artists did not last long. Both had been co-organizers of the large exhibition in September 1945 in the partly empty Rijksmuseum, called 'Kunst in Vrijheid' (Art in Freedom). Only the 'good' artists were allowed to participate, so no members who had registered with the Kultuurkamer (Culture Chamber) around 1941, set up by the German occupier. A year later, both men were involved in the foundation of the group 'Vrij Beelden' (Free Images), but this quickly collapsed due to quarrels and contradictions.
'Creatie' would continue to exist until 1954 and was edited by Willy Boers, Eugène Brands and Anton Rooskens. There were approximately 25 members, including Gerrits. In total, 'Creatie' organised 4 exhibitions. The triumphant opening exhibition was in February/March 1951, and was held both in Fodor in Amsterdam and in 't Venster in Rotterdam. A four-language manifesto of the group appeared, with an 'introduction' by André van der Vossen, in the publication series 'Creatie no.1'. In this, Vossen referred to Absolute Art, referring to the French group Abstraction Creation, which was founded in 1931 by Georges Vantongerloo with Theo van Doesburg, Hans Arp, Helion, Delaunay and Kupka. The Amsterdam group 'Creatie' was an attempt to build a bridge between abstract art before 1940 and the new abstract art after 1950; However, the group disbanded in 1954. Its role would soon be continued by the 'Liga Nieuw Beelden', a new and much larger association founded by architect/sculptor Charles Karsten in 1955, but Willy Boers would no longer join it, unlike his friend Ger Gerrits. (source wikipedia)
Signed and dated by the artist lower right. Signature and date have faded somewhat over time. Dated 1950s or even earlier.
The whole is in neat condition.
Willy Herman Friederich Boers (Amsterdam, October 13, 1905 - ibid., May 13, 1978) was a Dutch painter and one of the innovators after the Second World War.
Youth and start
Willy Boers came from a Dutch-German banking family. After dropping out of school, he trained as a restorer. He refused to take over his father's insurance company and became a painter instead. He was originally a restorer of paintings, but as an artist he was self-taught.
Life and work
He started in the thirties in a realistic style, related to the New Objectivity. Besides being a painter, he was also a draftsman and sculptor. He made portraits, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes as well as non-figurative work. He signed his work with 'WBoers'.
Boers was a member of the Hague Art Circle until 1940 and of the Amsterdam artists' association De Onafhankelijken from 1929 to 1941. Boers' work after 1945 had become completely abstract with clear influences from Kandinsky. In addition to being a thoroughbred painter, he was also a gifted author, who wrote a large number of illuminating articles on abstract art. In 1946, together with Ger Gerrits, he founded the group Vrij Beelden, which also consisted of Willem Hussem, Piet Ouborg and Jan Roëde; the group of painters opted for experiment and abstraction, freely building on existing movements such as cubism, surrealism and expressionism. The group exhibited regularly in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Soon after the war, he often stayed in Paris where he became acquainted with the work of French abstract painters, such as those from the 'École de Paris'; he participated four times in the exhibitions of the 'Salon des Réalités Nouvelles', where abstraction was at its peak. In the sixties and seventies two new variations of work followed, his material paintings and the collages. His earlier experiences as a painting restorer now found a practical application in the preparation and treatment of his materials such as paint and canvas or paper, for his gouaches, material works and collages. In addition to influences from the abstract painters from Paris, there was also a strong New York orientation present in Boers' work.
In 1954 he married the sculptress Greet van Amstel, who, through his encouragement, also began to paint abstract compositions. Boers was also good friends with Ger Gerrits; the two artists had already executed a mural together in 1950 for the Catholic Ambachtsschool Don Bosco, in Amsterdam East. Gerrits and Boers did one panel; Eugène Brands and Anton Rooskens the second. The four friends also regularly exhibited together during the group 'Creatie'; they were all members!
Creation: 'Absolute Art'
In 1950, Boers and Ger Gerrits founded the Amsterdam artists' group 'Creatie': the 'Vereniging tot bevordering van Absolute Kunst' (Association for the promotion of Absolute Art). 'Absolute' stood for abstract, because the group only included abstract artists. A number of earlier attempts by Gerrits and Boers to create an innovative grouping among Amsterdam artists did not last long. Both had been co-organizers of the large exhibition in September 1945 in the partly empty Rijksmuseum, called 'Kunst in Vrijheid' (Art in Freedom). Only the 'good' artists were allowed to participate, so no members who had registered with the Kultuurkamer (Culture Chamber) around 1941, set up by the German occupier. A year later, both men were involved in the foundation of the group 'Vrij Beelden' (Free Images), but this quickly collapsed due to quarrels and contradictions.
'Creatie' would continue to exist until 1954 and was edited by Willy Boers, Eugène Brands and Anton Rooskens. There were approximately 25 members, including Gerrits. In total, 'Creatie' organised 4 exhibitions. The triumphant opening exhibition was in February/March 1951, and was held both in Fodor in Amsterdam and in 't Venster in Rotterdam. A four-language manifesto of the group appeared, with an 'introduction' by André van der Vossen, in the publication series 'Creatie no.1'. In this, Vossen referred to Absolute Art, referring to the French group Abstraction Creation, which was founded in 1931 by Georges Vantongerloo with Theo van Doesburg, Hans Arp, Helion, Delaunay and Kupka. The Amsterdam group 'Creatie' was an attempt to build a bridge between abstract art before 1940 and the new abstract art after 1950; However, the group disbanded in 1954. Its role would soon be continued by the 'Liga Nieuw Beelden', a new and much larger association founded by architect/sculptor Charles Karsten in 1955, but Willy Boers would no longer join it, unlike his friend Ger Gerrits. (source wikipedia)
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