Anton Rooskens (1906-1976)

Composition on Blue Background

Anton Rooskens (1906-1976)

Composition on Blue Background

| gouache | 71 × 86 cm

Although a painter by trade – not a magician – Anton Rooskens still managed to create magic on the canvas.

Rooskens was fascinated by African art and loved to fill his paintings with magic symbols, masks, shields and idols. The thick black outlines in this work hold the jumble of impressions and colours together.


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