Dans - Gertrud Leistikow

Details

Jan Sluijters (Dutch, 1881-1957)
Dans - Gertrud Leistikow
signed 'Jan Sluijters' (lower right)
oil on canvas
72 x 59 cm.
Painted circa 1918-1920.

Provenance

Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, Bussum.

Literature

Jan Juffermans, Jan Sluijters, Mijdrecht 1981, p. 99 (ill.)

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Lot Essay

Gertrud Leistikow (1885-1948) was a Polish dancer, who came to the Netherlands in 1918. She opened dance studios in The Hague, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. As a result of her contacts in artistic circles, she was an important promoter of 'Ausdruckstanz'. This expressive form of dancing opposed classical ballet, and used the bodies of the dancers in a much freeer way to represent emotions.

To be included in the catalogue raisonné on the artist's work being prepared by the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) in The
Hague.

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