Jan Sluijters

Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, no. 9833, in 1972

In 1904, Jan Sluijters won the Prix the Rome. This governmental allowance gave him an opportunity to study abroad for four years, starting in Rome. Here Sluijters studied the Old Masters, but after some time he felt the need to expand his horizon. He travelled to Spain and eventually ended up in Paris in 1906, where he arrived just in time to see the most important exhibition of the year: The Salon des Indépendants. The vibrant artistic environment in Paris at that time provided Sluijters with the inspiration he was looking for. The Fauves were starting to gain popularity, the first general exhibition of Van Gogh's work was being held and also Van Dongen's art was subject of an important exhibition.
By meeting many inspiring artists, Sluijters let go of all the rules the Academy had taught him. Paris was painted in (the midst of) this period and is therefore an excellent example of Sluijters' emerging personal style, in which he combined and transformed elements of the Fauves, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Impressionists

Condition: This work is in very good condition. Original canvas. There are artist's pin holes in the top left and right and lower left corners. On very close inspection, there are two extremely short fine cracks to the lower centre of the composition on the left side. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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