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Lot Essay
Carel Willink came into touch with the Constructivist movement in the early 1920s and this influenced his work: some of his collages from 1922, with right-angled and linear forms, are reminiscent of the collages by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948), who was, in turn, influenced by the form discipline of Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931). In 1923 Willink reached the pinnacle of his Constructivist period, with paintings constructed from formal elements and colour planes with no reference to a reality outside the picture plane.
Through Constructivism Willink met artists with similar ideals, like Josef Peeters (1895-1960), Fernand Berckelaers (1901-199) (Michel Seuphor) and writer Eddy du Perron (1899-1940) who belonged to the literary avant-garde. Together they established De Driehoek, a magazine with a strict Constructivist program. It was in 1924 when figurative elements started to reappear in Willink's work, like in Zilveren Bruiloft from that year (Jaffé cat.no. 79), which shows a clear affinity with Fernand Léger. The present lot was exhibited at Willlink's first solo-exhibition in 1924 at Gebouw Heystee in Amsterdam. It can be considered a work of transition between the strict Constructivist period and the more figurative style that followed in Willink's oeuvre from 1924 onwards.
Through Constructivism Willink met artists with similar ideals, like Josef Peeters (1895-1960), Fernand Berckelaers (1901-199) (Michel Seuphor) and writer Eddy du Perron (1899-1940) who belonged to the literary avant-garde. Together they established De Driehoek, a magazine with a strict Constructivist program. It was in 1924 when figurative elements started to reappear in Willink's work, like in Zilveren Bruiloft from that year (Jaffé cat.no. 79), which shows a clear affinity with Fernand Léger. The present lot was exhibited at Willlink's first solo-exhibition in 1924 at Gebouw Heystee in Amsterdam. It can be considered a work of transition between the strict Constructivist period and the more figurative style that followed in Willink's oeuvre from 1924 onwards.