Frits Klein, Horses And Acrobats, Gouache

Frits Klein (1898-1990) Horses And Acrobats, Gouache 31.8*23.9 cm. With Frame: 46 x 38 cm. Very good condition Free delivery in Europe. Friedrich Franz Albert Klein (Bandung Indonesia 1898-1990) was a Dutch figurative painter who spent much of his life in France. Frits came from a wealthy plantation-owning family in Java. His parents sent him - as was the custom in the East Indies - to Holland to finish his school years. In 1920, he left for Paris where he studied at André L'Hôte's academy. Klein was considered in the south of France as a “sunny” and decorative painter. Painter of the ydille. He moved away from all movements with his lyrical dream world. He used a lot of colors in his works. He paints, watercolors, draws and lithographs landscapes and subjects related to the circus. If his friends were influenced by the Cubists, Klein found his sources of inspiration in Monet, Seurat and Matisse. He is known for his frequent depictions of horses and dreamlike beach scenes. It starts from a dream of colors from which the pattern gradually takes shape to return to reality. Klein's work was included in the 1939 exhibition "Onze Kunst van Heden" at the Rijksmuseum and in 1949 at the Stedelijk. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Van Gogh Museum organized a retrospective of his work. Klein and his first wife, the painter Marie Raymond, were the parents of the famous painter Yves Klein. His second wife was the English painter Ursula Bardsley.