'Still life painting with fruit, two cups and teapot - 1942' Oil on canvas painted by Pieter Ringoot (1921 -2011)
A still life is an artistic composition of motionless or lifeless objects, which have been carefully lit. Painting a still life allows a painter to concentrate on the composition and on the use of colour and tonal value, the flowing distinction in colour nuances between the lightest and darkest lot.
Pieter Ringoot's oeuvre includes several such works.
This work was painted in 1942 at the age of 21 and during the occupation of Belgium. Shortly before the artist was arrested and put to work in Boulogne-sur-Mer by the occupying forces.
Galerie Ringoot is a homage to the work of the Belgian painter Pieter Ringoot (1921 - 2011) and the Dutch illustrator, writer and painter Hans Sturris.
This online art gallery shows a selection of the artists' work, consisting of oil paintings, watercolours, pen drawings, Sketches, ..
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