Bram van Velde - litho gesigneerd rechtsonder - Sold

Beautiful work by Bram van Velde from the series of Prent 190.

Bram van Velde was a Dutch painter known for his abstractions with expressive brush strokes and elongated shapes. "Making a painting is a matter of making sure that all the parts form a unity," he once said. Born Abraham Gerardus van Velde on October 19, 1895 in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands, he grew up in a poor family and was forced to work from an early age. In 1907 Van Velde became an apprentice at the interior design company Schaijk & Kramers in The Hague, where his talent was encouraged by one of his bosses. As the breadwinner for his family, the artist was exempt from serving in World War I, and instead studied at the Mauritshuis museum and copied the works of old masters. The owners of Schaijk & Kramers became Van Velde's first clients and in the early 1920s gave him a generous allowance to travel through Europe with paintings. Arriving in Paris in 1924,André Lhote and the playwright Samuel Beckett. In the following years, the artist suffered from poverty and a lack of recognition. Although championed and supported financially by his friend Beckett, it was not until the late 1950s that he found admirers among a younger generation of artists, including Pierre Alechinsky. Van Velde died on December 28, 1981 in Grimaud, France. Today his works are in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Tate Gallery in London, among others.