Havengezicht Olieverf merenque en de souk

merenque en de souk

due to the persecution of the Jewish population after the Russian Revolution

As a young and ambitious artist

While primarily a landscape painter

Havengezicht Olieverf merenque en de soukThe portrait, painted by Adriaan Lubbers (1892 1954), likely depicts Leo Gestel, a renowned Dutch artist who was Lubbers' mentor and close friend. In the early 1920s, Lubbers lived in Bergen, where he befriended Gestel. Together, they belonged to the Bergen School, an artistic movement characterized by expressionistic style and cubist influences. It is a powerful portrait. Using broad, visible brushstrokes and a limited color palette mainly earth