Maurice van Essche (1906-1977)

'Eastern Congo' Congo oriental

细节
Maurice van Essche (1906-1977)
'Eastern Congo'
Congo oriental
signed lower right Van Essche
oil on canvas
50 x 61 cm
来源
Estate of the artist.

拍品专文

The artist lived in the Belgian Congo from 1939 to 1940, before settling in South Africa. There, he untiringly recreated the country which he had so loved and which had become an idealized abstraction. In his paintings, the heavily-outlined figures, silent and solemn, form rythmetic patterns with their surroundings.