Jaap van den Ende - Screenprint: Geometric abstract composition - 1972 - Sold

Screen print by Jaap van den Ende. Geometric abstract composition. Year: 1972. Dimensions top: H78 x w53cm. Dimensions: H51 x W40cm. The work is signed in pencil at the bottom right by the artist. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.

When purchased, the work can be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague (Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 5 minutes from the beach). The collection period, if paid in advance, is very long, in other words the buyer can collect the work weeks or even months later and, if possible, combine it with a visit to one of the above-mentioned cities or the beach. The work can also be sent via Postnl. Our shipping days are Tuesday and Thursday.
Jaap van den Ende (Delft, September 22, 1944) is a Dutch painter.
Between 1961 and 1964 he attended the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Between 1977 and 1981, Jaap van den Ende taught at the Academy of Visual Arts in Arnhem, and between 1980 and 2001 at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Jaap van den Ende has described his vision on art and in particular the position of his own work within it in several books (see under Own publications).
Work
Jaap van den Ende's early work is geometrically abstract and systematic. Its starting point was that reality is shaped and determined by laws. Laws formed the guiding principle of Van den Ende's work. In Jaap van den Ende's series of paintings from the 1960s, colored shapes alternated in a pre-calculated system. In the 1970s and 1980s the work developed into more loosely painted canvases and combinations of canvases. Here too, abstraction as a translation of actual images played a major role. At the end of the 1980s, Jaap van den Ende introduced figurative forms in his paintings. During that period, the paintings combined different representations and abstractions within one canvas. The themes included architecture, portraits, beach and city views.
The most recent series has been running since 1997. In a series of landscapes, parks, beach and city views and natural elements such as trees and clouds, the various representations and abstractions are depicted on various connected canvases. Jaap van den Ende chooses themes that are both recognizable and local to everyone. The figurative canvases are based on photographs and reproduced photorealistically. They show the place from different angles. The abstract shapes are derived from the figurations. The organization in this series is also based on predetermined systems.
Contour, Continuity
In 2007, Jaap van den Ende and Jan Hein Sassen organized the exhibition Contour, Continuity, a follow-up to the Delft Contour exhibitions from the period between 1951 and 1987. They furnished the Delft museums Het Prinsenhof, Nusantara and the Museum Lambert van Meerten with works of art by 111 contemporary Dutch artists, using part of the permanent collection. Each room contained historical and current works, between which a stylistic or substantive relationship could be established. Themes included war, attention to nature and portraits. Nusantara and Museum Lambert van Meerten exhibited work related to the collections, consisting of objects from Indonesia and West Papua and period rooms. There was some controversy surrounding the 1997 video 'Arm Schaap' by Jeroen Eisinga. The Party for the Animals asked questions to Minister Verburg of Agriculture and Minister Plasterk of Culture about the artwork. Jaap van den Ende received the Municipal Medal from the mayor of Delft for his overall work and for his role as guest curator for this exhibition.
Condition
Condition Very Good
The performance is in very good condition. There is a fold in the top left corner (see photo) and there are some wrinkles on the white edges.