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Matthijs Röling
Tracker, 2005
Summers outside. In his intimate Groningen studio-home, Matthijs Röling paints intuitively and figuratively, never academically or conceptually. Here Röling hesitantly yet eloquently depicted a bare sunbather on his garden path from a high vantage point – perhaps a stoop? The sun itself is not in th
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e picture plane, which is why Röling used cool, subdued tones for the figure’s backlit back. However, where the sunlight generously ricochets off the shoulders, arms and thighs, the colours are a jubilant bright pink-orange and yellow.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Matthijs Röling
Title
Tracker
Year
2005
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
70 x 70 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
© Pictoright
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