Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930)

Pears

Details

Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930)
Pears
signed 'Jac v Looy' (lower left)
oil on panel
37 x 27 cm.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. van Gelder-Endtz.
A gift to their daughter Mrs H.J.C. Verkade-van Gelder (on loan to the Huis van Looy between 1934-1948/49), thence by descent.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 October 2006, lot 160.
Acquired at the above sale by W.P. Janssen, Amsterdam.

Literature

Joyce van der Smit-Meyer (ed.), Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930), Niets is zo mooi als zien..., Haarlem, 1998, no. 156, p. 164 (illustrated).
W.P. Janssen, 'Harmonie' in: Een kwartet plezier in kunst, Harlingen, 2008 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

In 1907 Van Looy returned to his hometown Haarlem after having lived in Amsterdam from 1877 until 1894. In this period the artist painted the backgarden of his house in Haarlem at the Kleine Houtweg, to which he and his wife, Titia van Gelder, had moved in 1913. The fruits and flowers growing there, were a constant source of inspiration. This resulted in a series of close-up paintings of groups of flowers and boughs of fruit. Instead of selling these paintings, Van Looy used them to decorate his house.

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