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Carel Willink
Portrait of Mathilde, 1975
Carel Willink here portrayed his eccentric third wife Mathilde wearing an extravagant outfit by the fashion designer Fong Leng. This gold satin gown with leopard and peacock embroidery and shoulder and upper arm decorations presented a real challenge for the painter. Shiny fabric can only be rendere
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d convincingly by its reflections, as is the case here. Willink painted wet-on-wet layers with oil paint pigments he ground himself. He used the brick-red veined marble and the blue Amsterdam sky to tone down the golden sheen.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Carel Willink
Title
Portrait of Mathilde
Year
1975
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
205 x 120 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
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