Madonna met kind by Reimond Kimpe
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Madonna met kind 1920 - 1950

Reimond Kimpe

Original oil on canvas
 49 ⨯ 39 cm
Price on request

Galerie Het Noorderlicht

  • About the artwork

    Raymundus Josephus Petrus (Reimond) Kimpe "Madonna met kind" Olieverf op doek 49 x 39 cm. Gesigneerd: links onder Literatuur:Catalogus retrospectieve tentoonstelling Reimond Kimpe, Bonnefanten Museum van 9 – 31 december 1950: mention no. 60 ‘Maria met Kind (Mary and child), f. 500’

  • About the artist

    Reimond Jozef Pieter Kimpe was born in Delft in 1885, he died in Veere in 1970. Kimpe graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Ghent and he was a self-taught painter. During the First World War Kimpe was a ferocious supporter of the Flemish movement.

    After the war, he fled to the Netherlands and settled in Middelburg in 1920. Initially, he painted in an expressionist style, using mainly brown colours, reminding of Flemish painters, like Permeke and Gustaaf de Smet. Among his subjects were vessels, harbours, landscapes, and people of Walcheren; he was especially inspired by Westkapelle. During the Second World War Kimpe was a member of the Dutch national socialist movement (NSB), although he later disagreed with the German occupiers.

    In 1940 his studio and a great part of his work were lost in a fire. After the war, he began adopting a more abstract style. His men and women, houses and ships were rendered in sharps colours. Kimpe also wrote various novels including, ‘Levenswetten’ (1911), ‘Het eeuwige onvoldane' and 'Langsheen den gulden middenweg’ (1912).

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Artwork details

Category
Modern PaintingsPaintings
Subject
HumanChildChristian religious sceneChristianityPortrait
Style
19th Century ArtSymbolism (late 19th Century)Cubism (early 20th Century)Expressionism (20th Century)Modern Art (1860s-1970s)
Material & Technique
Original oil on canvas
Colour
Multicolour (>4 colours)