1913, Leo Gestel, Woman wearing a large hat in a summerhouse -- Frans Hals Museum (Haarlem)
From the museum label: Leo Gestel painted this portrait of his fellow artist Else Berg when they stayed on Mallorca. Else belongs to the first wave of modern women artists. The geometrical shapes and the distorted perspective owe much to the cubist style then in vogue. Yet the composition is painted in the classical manner. The bright colours are in sharp contrast to the subdued black hues of Frans Hals's portraits. Is this the right place to display Leo Gestel's portrait? What do you think?
1913, Leo Gestel, Woman wearing a large hat in a summerhouse -- Frans Hals Museum (Haarlem)
From the museum label: Leo Gestel painted this portrait of his fellow artist Else Berg when they stayed on Mallorca. Else belongs to the first wave of modern women artists. The geometrical shapes and the distorted perspective owe much to the cubist style then in vogue. Yet the composition is painted in the classical manner. The bright colours are in sharp contrast to the subdued black hues of Frans Hals's portraits. Is this the right place to display Leo Gestel's portrait? What do you think?