Leo Gestel Doing needle work 1902
Summary
Doing needle work. Signed, dated and inscribed L.Gestel/Bunschoten.Spakenburg.Aug.02. Pencil, watercolour and gouache heightened with white on paper
22 x 14 cm
Leo Gestel (1881–1941) was a Dutch painter. His father Willem Gestel was also an artist. Leo Gestel experimented with cubism, expressionism, futurism and postimpressionism. Along with Piet Mondrian he was among the leading artists of Dutch modernism. Gestel was first instructed in art by his father, Willem Gestel, the director of an art school, and his uncle, Dimmen Gestel, who had painted with Vincent van Gogh.
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paintings
1902 paintings
leo gestel
needlework in art
old women in art
sewing in paintings
sold at christies
watercolors
Date
1902
in collections
Source
Christie's
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Copyright info
public domain