Fauvistic portrait by Remko Watjer
Fauvistic portrait by Remko Watjer
Fauvistic portrait by Remko Watjer
Fauvistic portrait by Remko Watjer

Fauvistic portrait 1938

Remko Watjer

Cardboard
55 ⨯ 45 cm
ConditionNear mint
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  • About the artwork
    Oilpainting on Cardboard, signed lower right. Dated 1938
  • About the artist

    Remko Watjer was a Dutch artist from Groningen and a student of painter Jan Altink. Watjer was very active in the art scene of Groningen, painting portraits of influential artists from Groningen in his early figurative period. He is best known for the liveliness of his portraits and his strong use of colour. Watjer spent some time in Paris later in his life where he studied at Académie André Lhote. His work can be seen in the Central Museum in Utrecht. He died in 1989.