Willem van Konijnenburg - Landscape with Goats

Willem van Konijnenburg (1868-1943)

Landscape with goats

Monogrammed lower left

Pencil on coloured paper

11 x 18 cm

Provenance:

Private collection, Amsterdam.

Condition:

In very good condition.

Additional information:

Willem van Konijnenburg (1868–1943) was a versatile Dutch artist who moved between realism and rigorously stylised, classically inspired compositions. After his training in The Hague, he began by painting landscapes in Limburg, but soon developed into an artist equally accomplished in monumental historical scenes and refined portraits.

In the early interwar years, Van Konijnenburg was regarded as one of the leading artists of his generation. While modernism was gaining ground, he deliberately chose a rational, classical visual language that gave him a distinctive position. His oeuvre includes paintings, monumental drawings, stained glass, murals, stamp designs and numerous forms of applied art.

Van Konijnenburg was a seeker analytical, ambitious and unafraid to change direction. His work is about creating order from chaos, a theme that characterises both his art and his personality.