Leo Gestel Workers in Positano c1924
Summary
Workers in Positano. With estate stamp , and numbered, with estate stamp and inscribed Ex.test.: Jan Ponstijn/1001 on the reverse. Black chalk and watercolour on paper, 47 x 60 cm
Leo Gestel (1881–1941) was a Dutch painter. His father Willem Gestel was also an artist. Leo Gestel experimented with cubism, expressionism, futurism and postimpressionism. Along with Piet Mondrian he was among the leading artists of Dutch modernism. Gestel was first instructed in art by his father, Willem Gestel, the director of an art school, and his uncle, Dimmen Gestel, who had painted with Vincent van Gogh.
Date
1924
Source
Christie's
Copyright info
public domain