Reinier Lucassen - Large -print 190- Lithograph "a cozy corner" unique H.C. copy!

• 'Lucassen gives you a sunny outlook on life.' With this promise Reinier Lucassen advertises himself in 1967. He is considered a Dutch Pop Art artist: idiosyncratic and ironic. A highlight in his career is his assignment to the Venice Biennale in 1986.

Lucassen (Amsterdam, 1939) grew up during the Second World War and the reconstruction years. In the early consumer society he developed as an artist. He painted everyday things. A table lamp. An easy chair. His most famous painting is called: Een Gezellig Hoekje. It is from 1968, the time of prosperity, but also of the Cold War. The domesticity of Een Gezellig Hoekje clashes with a pattern of bright red blocks.
Lucassen combines two worlds: figuration with abstraction; the optimistic decor from advertisements next to symbolic (letter) signs. He is considered to be part of the New Figuration. He himself speaks of New Synthesis. In the painting Tot waar bericht Piet Mondriaan kwam (1967) he plays a board game with art from famous colleagues. Art is his sanctuary in an ever-changing reality. His turtle, possibly a self-portrait, demonstrates the path of life: up the mountain, down the mountain.
(source:Dordrechtsmuseum)