Otto van Rees

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

Otto van Rees
St. Benoit Labre
signed and dated 15; titled by Mrs Adya van Rees-Dutilh, wife of Otto van Rees on the reverse
oil on canvas
65 by 55 cm.

Exhibited

Utrecht, Kunsthandel Daalderop, Jozef Cantré, Otto van Rees, Piet van Wijngaerdt, September - November 1925
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Otto van Rees, October - November 1926

Literature

H. Henkels a.o., Otto en Adya van Rees, Leven en werk tot 1934, Utrecht / The Hague 1975, page 95, illustrated
I. Boelema & I. Lesparre (ed.), Otto van Rees, Zwolle 2005, p. 22, illustrated
E. Van Faassen, a.o., Otto van Rees, Zwolle 2005, p. 22, no. 25, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection under raking light there are some faint stretcher marks running along the extreme edges. There are a few spots of dirt scattered at the lower right quarter of the work.
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Catalogue Note

Otto van Rees had been in close contact with the Parisian avant-garde since he moved to Paris in 1904. In this painting the cubist influences are still prominent . At the same time it refers to a new era around the First World War when many avant-garde artists, writers as well as painters became Catholics in their search for a deeper meaning of life.

St. Benoit Labre is the patron of the wanderers and the poor. He spent his live on pilgrimage in France and Italy. The wanderings of St. Benoit in abject poverty whilst guided by God, were symbolic to many artist for their own search.

We kindly thank Irène Lesparre for her contribution to the research of this work