Artist: Bohemen, Kees van
Title: Station
Technique: Lithograph on Arches paper
size: 75,5 x 106,5 cm. (29,7 x 41,95 inch)
Framed: Not framed


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Hand-Signed and numered by the Artist.Damage along the edges (pieces torn/wrinkled) Take a good look at the pictures. With a good framing you can't see any of this.

Cornelis Bernardus van Bohemen (The Hague, 27 September 1928 - there, 22 September 1985) was a Dutch painter.

Kees van Bohemen studied in the 1940s at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. At the age of twenty-four he received a scholarship with which he travelled to Paris. He stayed there for five years with intervals and made friends with several painters from the Cobra group; he shared a studio with Corneille until 1957.

At the end of the 1950s, he joined the Dutch Informal Group. Other members of this group were Armando, Jan Schoonhoven and Jan Henderikse. Afterwards, he was indirectly involved in the Dutch Zero movement; he maintained personal contacts with its members. He was also a member of the Posthoorngroep, Pulchri Studio and the Haagse Kunstkring. In 1954 he became a member of the Sint Lucas association in Amsterdam.

Van Bohemen visited various European countries and travelled to the United States and Africa (1972). He produced large colourful canvases of women, sportsmen and exotic motifs. The expressive treatment of paint was his main concern; he explicitly did not want to tell a story with his paintings.

His work is in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and the Stedelijk Mus

About the artist

Cornelis Bernardus (Kees) van Bohemen (1928–1985), born in The Hague, the Netherlands, was a Dutch painter best known for his work in the Art Informel style. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague during the 1940s. At age twenty-four he received a scholarship to travel to Paris, where he stayed for five years with intervals and shared a studio with Corneille until 1957. He became friends with several painters from the Cobra group. At the end of the 1950s, he joined the Dutch Informal Group alongside Armando, Jan Schoonhoven and Jan Henderikse. He maintained personal contacts with members of the Dutch Zero movement and was a member of the Posthoorngroep, Pulchri Studio, the Haagse Kunstkring, and the Sint Lucas association in Amsterdam.

Van Bohemen produced large colourful canvases depicting women, sportsmen and exotic motifs. The expressive treatment of paint was his main concern. He explicitly did not want to tell a story with his paintings. His approach was characterized by a material and gestural handling of paint typical of Art Informel. He traveled extensively throughout Europe and visited the United States and Africa in 1972. These journeys influenced the subjects and motifs that appeared in his work.

Van Bohemen received the Jacob Marisprijs for painting three times, in 1955, 1959 and 1964. He participated in major international exhibitions including Documenta II in Kassel in 1959 and the first Biennale de Paris in 1959. He also took part in the Nul exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1962. His work is held in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the Stedelijk Museum, the Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, and the Museum van Bommel van Dam.

sku: KVB1001

Good condition.