Louis Gans - Zeefdruk, Romantisch dorp. - Sold

Screen print by Louis Gans (1930-2012) in his characteristic cheerful naive style. Title "Romantic Village" No. 176 of an edition of 190 The work is slightly discolored, nothing visible on the white edges on the work. Print on thick paper, published by Bernhard Ruygrok Amsterdam Paper size 76 x 56 cm Image 63.5 x 44 cm Louis Gans Dr. Louis Gans (1930-2012) was an art historian, teacher, author, museum director, curator, gallerist, poet, painter and draftsman. He obtained his doctorate in 1960 with the thesis "New Art. The Dutch contribution to Art Nouveaux" and has been active in the art world in various capacities ever since. From 1954 to 1960 he was curator of the Museum Kröller-Müller. From 1958 to 1960 he taught art history at the Arnhem art academy. In December 1963 he resigned as chief curator of the Stedelijk Museum in order to implement his 'Gans plan': an effort to promote the accessibility of visual art and an attempt to bridge the gap between artist and public. From 1964 onwards, he organized several sales exhibitions in the Bols Taverne in Amsterdam as part of the 'Gans plan'. In 1969 he organized the first edition of the Musement art fair. In 1972 he accepted a position as director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He was also a poet, painter and mystic