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Willy Herman Friederich Boers
Still Life with Skulls, 1933
Michelangelo and the suggestion of a Mondrian in a single painting. In this still life, Willy Boers voices his doubts about classic and contemporary painting. Is the tradition withered, like the American oak leaf? Does the flowering pink begonia symbolise the future? Alongside Michelangelo, on the c
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over of the other catalogue, we see an easel holding a square canvas resting on a corner: like Mondrian’s Victory Boogie Woogie (1942-44). Twelve years later, Boers painted lyrical abstraction.
Long-term loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Willy Herman Friederich Boers
Title
Still Life with Skulls
Year
1933
Technique
Oil on panel
Size
40.4 x 51.1 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
© Erven Willy Boers
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