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Wout Schram
Woman Sitting by the Window, 1928
Revealing details betray the period in which this painting was made: circa 1930, when New Objectivity was emerging in art and architecture. The rather grave model has a bob haircut and wears silk stockings. She sits to the right of the scene, the streetscape through the window forming a natural back
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ground. The painter has included two disproportionately small parked cars, creating additional distance between inside and outside: the Raphaelstraat in the new, still somewhat impersonal neighbourhood of Amsterdam Nieuw-Zuid.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
Artist
Wout Schram
Title
Woman Sitting by the Window
Year
1928
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
98.5 x 63.5 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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