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Jan van Tongeren
Still Life with Orange-Red Accents, 1973
Bright colours do not a colourful painting make! Van Tongeren balanced orange, red and pale yellow against blue-green, creating a graphic colour image. The shapes and materials also contrast. Smooth and textured, fruit and pottery, tin and bare wood, a marbled drawing portfolio and a plain wall. The
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composition with natural round, oval and square objects is bisected by paper rectangles and diagonals. Bold as only an innovative still-life painter dares to be.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Jan van Tongeren
Title
Still Life with Orange-Red Accents
Year
1973
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
50.3 x 70.3 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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