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A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY JAN EVERSEN (Lots 113 - 116) A still life by Jan Eversen is a carefully composed picture. It took him sometimes days to balance out the objects he was going to paint. He wished for the light to fall on the objects to be perfect. Therefore he attached small pieces of cardboard with strings to the ceiling of his studio in order to guide the light to objects. Only when everything was right, he started painting. Eversen used a technique that was comparable to the 17th century Dutch painters, called glazing. They applied several thin layers of oil paint over each other to render an object. Eversen mastered this technique to perfection. His expression of texture is comparable to Willem Claeszoon Heda. Bread looks freshly baked, cherries look like you can pick them from the painting and his portrayal of tin is unequaled. Unlike the masters of the Golden Age he did not give his still lifes any symbolic meaning. He just painted the objects like they are, and brought out the beauty. Like Henk Helmantel, Jan Eversen was a real craftsman. The following lots show his unique talent.

Jan Hendrik Eversen (Dutch, 1906-1995)

A still life with a roemer, oysters and a lemon on a pewter plate

Details

Jan Hendrik Eversen (Dutch, 1906-1995)
A still life with a roemer, oysters and a lemon on a pewter plate
signed 'J.H. Eversen' (lower right)
oil on plywood
33.5 x 50 cm.

Provenance

W.H. Patterson, London.

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