Small marks and discolouration to the paper. Overall, the print presents in good condition.
10 x 14.5cm (3.9" x 5.7")Sheet: 23 x 26cm (9.1" x 10.2")
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Wilhelmus Marinus Retera was a Dutch artist born in The Hague on 27 February 1890. He was the son of the sculptor W.M. Retera (1858–1930). He trained at the School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam, initially focusing on sculpture before broadening his interests to architecture and design. From 1916 he taught at the Academy in The Hague, and he published numerous books on applied arts throughout his career. Retera worked across an exceptionally wide range of disciplines, practising as an architect, interior and furniture designer, textile and wallpaper designer, painter, draughtsman, etcher, and sculptor. He was associated with the Pulchri Studio and the Amsterdamse School, and was a follower of the Nieuwe Zakelijkheid (New Objectivity) movement. His early work from around 1920 shows the influence of the Futurists and Amsterdam Luminists, while Surrealism became a strong presence in his later output. He was a close friend of both Willem van Konijnenburg, whose influence is visible in several of his works, and Gerrit Rietveld, whose De Stijl principles informed Retera's approach to design and architecture. In 1944 he took up etching as a means of processing his wartime experiences, developing a highly personal technique using only the etching needle and printing all works himself. His etchings were initially symbolic and war-related in subject matter, before moving towards a purely graphic style in the early 1950s. He completed 87 etchings in total, many surviving in only a single impression. As a painter he worked throughout his life but exhibited rarely.
| SKU | sx199 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Willem Retera |
| Date | Mid 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 10.0 x 14.5cm |
| Medium | Etching |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Still Life |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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