Theo Beerendonk - Explicit 60s dry point Etching "2 women" - pencil signed - Sold

• Characteristic and explicit drypoint etching on handmade paper by the Amsterdam multi-disciplinary artist Theo Beerendonk (1905-1979). He made this etching in the 1960s. The etching is in absolutely good condition and is signed in pencil at the bottom right. - not framed. Sheet size etching 18x15cm.

• Biography: Theo Beerendonk

The oeuvre of Theo Beerendonk (1905-1979) reflects the stormy developments that art underwent in the twentieth century. Beerendonk quickly built up an impressive oeuvre with portraits, still lifes and nudes that stood out for their idiosyncratic use of color.
Theodorus Hendricus Johannes (Theo) Beerendonk studied from 1925 to 1931 at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where he received a thorough training in classical painting under the guidance of professors JH Jurres and Hendrik Jan Wolter. In the 1930s, Beerendonk caused a furore with daring nudes, in the tradition of his great predecessors George Hendrik Breitner, Isaac Israels and Jan Sluijters. In addition, he painted portraits, still lifes, flowers, figures and landscapes, he also devoted himself to etching, in which he achieved true mastery. He mastered all techniques, from drypoint and mezzotint to aquatint and varnish-mou. He was a member of various organizations: Maatschappij Rembrandt 1944, St.-Lucas Amsterdam 1944, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam as a member until 1956 and as 2nd chairman from 1957.
After the Second World War he began to stylize and abstract his subjects and his work became more abstract.
In 1966, Beerendonk was appointed curator at the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, where he gave demonstrations in etching and also reprinted Rembrandt's copper plates.
Beerendonk's own etchings often show Amsterdam cityscapes and the landscape around Amsterdam, as Rembrandt must have seen.