Studio door in winter - Jan van der Kooi, 2013 Dutch b.1957- oil on panel , 100 x 88 cm .

Jan van der Kooi oil/panel +

Jan van der Kooi

Начало: 1 , 2 , 3 Jan van der Kooi ...and the living is easy - 2010 - oil/panel +3 Floor still life with cowparsley - 2001 - oil/panel

Here is an artist I discovered while randomly scouring the web: The artist is Jan van der Kooi, a contemporary Dutch painter. I can find almost nothing about the artist’s biography on-line outside of the fact that he was born in 1957, studied art from 1980-83 at the Kunstacademie Academie Minerva in Groningen, and has been working and supporting himself as an artist since the early 1980’s when he moved to his current mature style. van der Kooi’s work is strongly tied to the Dutch traditions of painting. His drawings echo the pen and ink works of Rembrandt: It’s his paintings, however, that I find particularly marvelous. Again, there are clear links to the Dutch painting traditions to be found in the artist’s work. The artist's focus upon the most humble subjects drawn from his own surroundings… simple interiors, and the subdued… yet luminous light, as well as his use of the limited palette… immediately suggests Vermeer and the “Little Dutch Masters” of the Baroque period. At the same time, one also recognizes a link to the Dutch geometric school… especially Mondrian… suggested in the flattened, frontal point of view, and the architectural forms. One suspects that Van der Kooi has also drawn inspiration from the more aerie and open paintings of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. His paintings convey a masterful sense of light through the blanched colors and delicate veils of paint: I cannot help but think of certain paintings by Bonnard in connection with Van der Kooi’s works: Although obviously Bonnard’s paintings were inspired by the far more brilliant colors of the south of France as opposed to Van der Kooi’s subdued colors of Holland. Van der Kooi has painted a number of portraits and figurative paintings… but the majority of these I find less successful than his marvelous interiors: There are, however, a few exceptions: The last painting in particular recall any number of Vermeer’s paintings: Beyond the marvelous window paintings, Van der Kooi has produced a number of other lovely paintings of various still-life and interior subjects Van der Kooi’s work reminds me of the paintings of many of the artists I admire: Andrew Wyeth, Giorgio Morandi, John Henry Twachtman (who was also known for his thin, ethereal, and light-filled veils of color), and even Monet. Looking at the series of paintings of the window and watching the change of light and atmosphere through the course of seasons, I cannot help but think of Monet’s haystacks or cathedrals. All in all, I find van der Kooi’s paintings to be quite special and even poetic.

Посмотрите на эту легкую, почти воздушную живопись. На пастельную гамму. И на композиции. Я часто делаю фрагменты для первой картинки к посту, так вот, у ван дер Коои с трудом нашла работу, из которой получилось вычленить фрагмент, а получилось потому, что это портрет. Натюрморты от порезки просто…

Here is an artist I discovered while randomly scouring the web: The artist is Jan van der Kooi, a contemporary Dutch painter. I can find almost nothing about the artist’s biography on-line outside of the fact that he was born in 1957, studied art from 1980-83 at the Kunstacademie Academie Minerva in Groningen, and has been working and supporting himself as an artist since the early 1980’s when he moved to his current mature style. van der Kooi’s work is strongly tied to the Dutch traditions of painting. His drawings echo the pen and ink works of Rembrandt: It’s his paintings, however, that I find particularly marvelous. Again, there are clear links to the Dutch painting traditions to be found in the artist’s work. The artist's focus upon the most humble subjects drawn from his own surroundings… simple interiors, and the subdued… yet luminous light, as well as his use of the limited palette… immediately suggests Vermeer and the “Little Dutch Masters” of the Baroque period. At the same time, one also recognizes a link to the Dutch geometric school… especially Mondrian… suggested in the flattened, frontal point of view, and the architectural forms. One suspects that Van der Kooi has also drawn inspiration from the more aerie and open paintings of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. His paintings convey a masterful sense of light through the blanched colors and delicate veils of paint: I cannot help but think of certain paintings by Bonnard in connection with Van der Kooi’s works: Although obviously Bonnard’s paintings were inspired by the far more brilliant colors of the south of France as opposed to Van der Kooi’s subdued colors of Holland. Van der Kooi has painted a number of portraits and figurative paintings… but the majority of these I find less successful than his marvelous interiors: There are, however, a few exceptions: The last painting in particular recall any number of Vermeer’s paintings: Beyond the marvelous window paintings, Van der Kooi has produced a number of other lovely paintings of various still-life and interior subjects Van der Kooi’s work reminds me of the paintings of many of the artists I admire: Andrew Wyeth, Giorgio Morandi, John Henry Twachtman (who was also known for his thin, ethereal, and light-filled veils of color), and even Monet. Looking at the series of paintings of the window and watching the change of light and atmosphere through the course of seasons, I cannot help but think of Monet’s haystacks or cathedrals. All in all, I find van der Kooi’s paintings to be quite special and even poetic.