Henk Helmantel (1945)
Still Life
1988 | oil paint on board | 89 × 133 cm
Henk Helmantel's paintings continue in the strong realistic tradition of the Netherlands. They are so good that they invite comparison with the still lifes by the 17th-century Dutch masters.
And that’s exactly what gets him in trouble with the critics. They feel that an artist should be working in a modern form with a modern, angst-ridden message. Maybe they fail to see that Helmantel’s uncomplicated still lifes, with their lean compositions, are surprisingly modern.
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