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Original gallery price in 2000 was 24550 guilders. René Jansen (Groningen 1956) graduated in 1983 from the Academie Minerva in Groningen. The love for still life, fueled by Ben van Voorn and Matthijs Röling, has determined his actions as a painter for almost 20 years, although he also paints portraits, nudes and people making music, still life is the subject where his growth as a painter can best be read. From restrained tone artist to convinced colorist, with the tone gradually becoming more impressionistic. The compositions often arise from the chaos within the studio. Not tidying up results in so-called coincidences gaining an important place within the work.
The space in which the still life appears is also of great importance. This is very decisive for the atmosphere, and gives the painter the opportunity to find a balance between suggestive, broadly painted parts, and more concretely worked out fragments.
"Above all, I hope that the joy of painting and my love for the subject radiates from my work. Because without that, it has no meaning."