Bernard Frize is an artist who makes his knowledge of materials and techniques the main issue of an exploration into the origins of paintings. His techniques change constantly. With these he makes use…
In the paintings of Reinoud van Vught, paint and chance are given free rein. Moments at which he pours out the paint and directs the fluid substance only in a loose, intuitive manner are alternated,…
Anton Henning seems to maneuver the possibilities of painting with zeal, using a wide range of subject matter. Abstraction and figuration are used interchangeably and sometimes literally converge.…
The two grey monochromes by Gerhard Richter, which De Pont has on long-term loan, form a strong visual contrast with his multicolored, 120-part Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Painting) from 1992. In a…
Since his early studies after El Greco (from the years 1974-1976) Hans van Hoek has come to regard painting more and more as a study. Seriousness, dedication and respect for the timeless qualities of…
The oeuvre of Marc Mulders is determined by what may very well be the great theme in the history of art: the endless cycle of life and death. The expression of living and dying, death and…
Since the 1990s Katharina Grosse has built up a repertoire consisting of large painted canvasses and bright acrylic colours sprayed onto both interior and exterior walls, ceilings and floors. It is a…
In his early years Rainer was very much influenced by surrealism, a movement that attracted artists and intellectuals particularly before World War ii. The ideas concerning the direct expression of…
Toon Verhoef’s images resist definition; a description of what they depict remains on the tip of one’s tongue. The origins of the motifs and the objective for which he has employed them remain…
Howard Hodgkin belongs to the same generation as Ronald Kitaj, David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield. His first exhibition, in 1962, was held jointly with Allen Jones. Later, too, he remained in contact…