Saturday, June 28, 2014

Jos. Rovers; Seascape




Joseph Johannes Rovers (1893-1976) was a Dutch artist who studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Brussels. He lectured and taught at the Rijks Academy in Amsterdam for fifteen years.  This impressionistic marine painting features several loosely painted small boats in the foreground and two larger ships out at sea.  The color palette is wonderful with muted browns grays and steely blues enlivened with shots of chartreuse and ochre.  Framed.,  28" l., 22" h.  Dutch, c. 1960's  SOLD