Art Within Art- Woman In Front Of Edward Hoppers Painting 7am

7am
woman in front of Edward Hoppers painting 7am

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2011
SOLD

I think Edward Hopper would have enjoyed the irony of the woman looking in the other direction rather than at his painting 7am, don't you think so?

kind regards, Gerard

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Art Within Art- Guys Admiring Office Girls By Raphael Soyer

Museum Guys
guys admiring Office Girls by Raphael Soyer

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2011
SOLD

Two guys standing in a museum, one is listening to his headphones, while the other one is admiring Office Girls, a painting by Russian-born American social realist Raphael Soyer.

My figures a pretty much self-absorbed and you can say the same thing about the women in Soyers painting. Hemmed in by the crowd, the women are shown walking to or from work, not noticing one another. Only my guy and Soyers girl are looking eachother straight into the eyes, but then again one is real and one is painted. Oh wait, both are painted.

When I first read about Raphael Soyer it felt like reading my own artist statement. His themes and subjects are pretty similar to mine, both concentrating on the city-dweller and social issues of our times. His twinbrother Moses and brother Isaac also were excellent painters. I just wish the brothers were known by a larger audience, they definitely deserve it.

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Art Within Art- Man admiring portrait Whitney by Robert Henri

Whitney
man admiring portrait Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney by Robert Henri

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2011
SOLD

A man is admiring a portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney by American realist artist Robert Henri in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.

Whitney was a patron of the arts in New York and where she later founded the well known Whitney Museum. Robert Henri who made this wonderful portrait was the leader of the Ashcan School, a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century.

The group is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods. I already painted my own urban scenes of daily life when I learned about the Ashcan School. Although my style differs greatly, I think my work would have been a great fit!

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House- Art Within Art Painting Edward Hopper In Museum Kunsthal Rotterdam

House
G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
13.8" x 11.6" or 35 x 29,5 cm
2010
SOLD

On todays painting you see 2 figures looking at Italian Quarter, Gloucester by Edward Hopper from 1912 as seen in Kunsthal Rotterdam were the paintings were shown on loan from the Whitney earlier this year. I like how the painting almost looks like a window and gives you this view to another world behind the yellowish wall. As a longtime fan of Hoppers work it's just great to have him included in my ongoing series about people admiring art in museums. The painting on the left is by Hopper as well.

In other news I started to work on a large auctionhouse painting. Don't want to tell you too much about it yet, but it's situated at Christie's and shows workers taking telephone bids. The painting is 35.6" x 27.6" or 90,3 x 70 cm in size so it takes sometime to complete. If I'm not posting for a while you know why.

Art Chicago is coming up by the end of this month. As always I'm represented by Amstel Gallery, it's going to be a great show and I'm really looking forward to it! More info soon!

kind regards, Gerard

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Other Direction- Painting Art Within Art Edward Hopper Kunsthal Rotterdam

Other Direction
SOLD

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2010

As I said yesterday I was glad to visit the show Modern Life with works by Edward Hopper and his peers. Hopper has always been a great influence to me as a painter and it's always a pleasure to see his works in real life.

On todays work you see a man looking or rather looking away from Hoppers South Carolina Morning. As Hopper figures usually lacked any communication I thought it would be great to do the same with my figure. He's looking in another direction as well. Hopper influenced me greatly, but on a whole other level the title Other Direction also stands for me choosing my own path.

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Sunset - Man Looking At Railroad Sunset By Edward Hopper In Kunsthal Rotterdam

Sunset
SOLD

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6.7" x 6" or 17 x 15 cm
2010

At the latest moment possible I heard the Kunsthal in Rotterdam showed for the very first time ever works by Edward Hopper within the context of their time. Eight top pieces by Hopper from the collection of Whitney Museum of Modern Art were shown together with works by famous artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, Ralph Soyer, Reginald Marsh, Charles Sheeler amongst others.

I visited the show on its closing day and I'm glad I did so. Hopper has always been one of my alltime favourite artists and I'm just happy his Railroad Station is now part of my ongoing series of works about people looking at art in museums.
kind regards, Gerard

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