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Sal Meijer
Still life with bread, cheese and butter, Undated
Sal Meijer built up a tender, meticulous oeuvre. The former diamond dealer was a ‘naive’, self-taught artist. Meijer only had sight in one eye, so he was unable to see depth. This perhaps explains the flat, stacked perspective that he used for this dry, rigidly painted still life. The seemingly geom
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etric composition, achieved organically by the clever positioning of the cheese and the breadboard, with the knife resting emphatically horizontally, is striking. But above all, the still life dazzles with its everyday humbleness, which is of all time.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Sal Meijer
Title
Still life with bread, cheese and butter
Year
Undated
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
30 x 40.5 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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