Leo Gestel (1881-1941)

An evening at the 'Jan Steenzolder'

Details

Leo Gestel (1881-1941)
An evening at the 'Jan Steenzolder'
signed 'Leo. Gestel' (upper left)
chalk and pastel on paper
36.5 x 46 cm.
Executed circa 1908-1910.

Provenance

with Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede, where acquired by the previous owners.

Literature

Onno Maurer, Gerdy Seegers (a.o.), 2007, pp. 108-109, no. 31.

Exhibited

Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, Jongkind tot van der Leck, de passie van een collectioneur, Collectie Kamerbeek, 21 January – 9 April 2007, no. 31.
Laren, Singer Museum, Gestel, 25 January - 25 May 2015, p. 25 (illustrated p. 27).
Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum, Piet Boendermaker. Mecenas van de Bergense School, 21 February - 25 October 2015.
Zwolle, Stedelijk Museum, Muziek! Vier eeuwen muzikale kunst, 8 November 2015 - 31 January 2016.

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Lot Essay

The present lot shows a evening at the 'Jan Steenzolder', located at the Tweede Jan Steenstraat 80 in Amsterdam, where many artists like Jan Sluijters, Else Berg and John Rädecker would have their studio. Gestel officially rented the studio from 1909 until 1920, but it is very likely he already used it in 1908. In the early years it was a real Bohemien place where many artists, models and musicians would gather.

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