Theodor Franciscus Goedvriend
Still Life with Vessels and Fruit
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 62
Theodor Franciscus Goedvriend
Still Life with Vessels and Fruit
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About this Item
accompanied by a news article about the artist adhered to the reverse
Provenance
The Dee Jacobs Collection.
Notes
Theodor Franciscus Goedvriend, commonly known as Theo Goedvriend, was born in 1879 in De Steeg, near Rheden in the Netherlands. He was a Dutch painter and etcher, best known for his landscape paintings and his particular interest in natural environments. Inspired by the forests and countryside surrounding his birthplace, Goedvriend developed a lifelong fascination with the landscape, which became a central theme in his work. His paintings depict woodland scenes, heathlands, waterways and rural landscapes, reflecting his close observation of nature and his appreciation of the changing qualities of light and atmosphere.
Goedvriend received artistic guidance from several established Dutch artists, including Théophile de Bock, Theo van Hoytema and Anton Mauve. He later studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool in Amsterdam. Throughout his career, he travelled extensively, and his artistic subjects extended beyond the Netherlands to include landscapes in regions such as the Pyrenees and Java.
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