The Look by Ger Doornink
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The Look 2024

Ger Doornink

Mixed mediaCanvasOil paintAcrylicPaint
160 ⨯ 160 ⨯ 6.50 cm
ConditionExcellent
€ 17.500 - 20.500

Villa del Arte Galleries

  • About the artwork
    "The Look" is part of Ger Doornink's newest collection. Doornink has always had the Old Dutch Masters very present in his painting. In this case, the direct influence of Frans Hals is undeniable: the white and black contrast against the earth tones, the movement captured in the canvas and the rapid and almost careless brushstrokes are just some of the few characteristics they share.
    Without abandoning his own personal painting style, Ger Doornink plays around in order to learn from the Masters and sharpen his technique. In this series, he succeeds to capture a fleeting moment while implementing a sense of movement. Already during the 1500s Frans Hals achieved this effect, but it was not until the Impressionists came around, in the 1900s, that he was not recognised and gained his place in the History of Art. Even Vincent van Gogh himself foresaw the success of Hals and admired his work during his stay in Antwerp.
    Many years later, Frans Hals is still a source of inspiration worldwide, and Ger Doornink could not be less. Without looking much further than his homeland in The Netherlands, Ger Doornink is able to capture the essence of the best and speak to art enthusiasts and collectors worldwide.
    This artwork is currently exhibited in Villa del Arte Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 34, 1017 DG, Amsterdam.
    We are open everyday, you are welcome to see this piece in person!
  • About the artist

    Ger Doornink was educated at the Arnhem Art Academy. He started his career as a designer and photographer in the advertising and fashion world, using his alias “Gerry the Cat” in this business.

    While living in Tokyo he became acquainted with the Japanese style and used it in his designs. In Milan (Italy) he was influenced by the famous Italian masters and the way of life in Italy. Back in the Netherlands, he began to study the old Dutch masts, just like Rembrandt.

    Today, most of his works are paintings of great women; he combines all his different influences from graphic design to old masters.

    Ger Doornink frames the woman on two axes, marks the expressive center of the portrait and then begins to paint. He makes portraits bathed in eternity, resulting in a memory from the future, cut from sky in grey, sepia or black and white with bold color accents.

    Doornink draws the contours of the eyes like a fairytale mask and paints lips like a Hollywood set designer The influences of the painter, illustrator and photographer with influences from Tokyo, Milan and Amsterdam are clearly visible in his catwalk-ready almost geishas.

    Ger Doornink is master of the snapshot, of the feminine pebaar, coloring the past and the fading of the future. As if the negative does not reveal itself, but has a revelation.

    Something magical is transferred from Doornink's eye to ours, via a code that radiates modernity, sensitivity, delicacy and at the same time power.

    There are invisible colors that Doornink makes visible and glances that are underlined by an accent of light. Therefore, despite being so contemporary, his work seems to have always existed.

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