Name: Boer en paard – Nest Martens (1925–2024)
SKU: MUN_14980
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Farmer and Horse – Nest Martens (1925–2024)

€495,00

A lone figure walks across the snow-covered village square, past the imposing church and thatched houses under an icy winter sky. The cool colors, flowing lines, and subdued composition beautifully capture the silence, cold, and atmosphere of a winter Sunday. "Cold Sunday" is an atmospheric painting that celebrates the tranquility and poetry of village life in winter.

Artist: Nest Martens (1925–2024)
Title: Farmer and Horse
Technique: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm
Signature: signed lower right

1 in stock

Description

Nest Martens (1925–2024) is considered a modern heir to Flemish Expressionism. From an early, Permeke-like visual language, he developed his own highly stylized form language with bold lines and bright color fields. His work balances between abstraction and figuration, often focusing on human figures and their interrelationships, making it a source of continued appeal to both collectors and art lovers.