Piet van den Boog (1951)
Erwin Olaf
2008 | acrylic, oil paint on black steel | 80 × 150 cm
Piet van den Boog bases his portraits on photographs. In this work he takes that a step further.
This is a portrait of photographer Erwin Olaf. Before focusing on portrait painting, Van den Boog painted classical buildings where detailed architectural forms were placed against a tranquil background. That technique can still be seen in his portraits, where he uses a subdued palette made up of five to seven colours.
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