Adam en Eva

Adam en Eva

<div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size:9.000000pt;font-family:'TimesNRSevenMT';">Otto van Rees worked in a variety of styles during his career, from Cubism to Expressionism and Dada. In the 1910s, Van Rees emphasized the two-dimensional plane in his paintings, and looked to Ancient Egyptian and Japanese art for the representation of depth. He painted the theme of Adam and Eve several times in this period. Here he has depicted them in profile as a couple sitting comfortably together. The natural elements have a geometric stylization and are sharply delineated. The snake (as symbol of evil) and the tree are absent. Van Rees depicts the idyll before the Fall, and symbolizes man&rsquo;s lost unity with nature. </span></p></div></div></div>

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Otto van Rees worked in a variety of styles during his career, from Cubism to Expressionism and Dada. In the 1910s, Van Rees emphasized the two-dimensional plane in his paintings, and looked to Ancient Egyptian and Japanese art for the representation of depth. He painted the theme of Adam and Eve several times in this period. Here he has depicted them in profile as a couple sitting comfortably together. The natural elements have a geometric stylization and are sharply delineated. The snake (as symbol of evil) and the tree are absent. Van Rees depicts the idyll before the Fall, and symbolizes man’s lost unity with nature.

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Title

Adam en Eva

Artist

Otto van Rees (Freiburg 1884 - 1957 Utrecht)

Dating

ca. 1910 - ca. 1910

Material and technique

olieverf op doek

Object number

20167

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop 1973

Dimensions

hoogte 162 cm

breedte 148.8 cm

Documentation

  • Centraal Museum Utrecht : overzicht 1972-1981, Afdeling Educatie en Voorlichting, (Utrecht, 1983), p. 34

  • On the Necessity of Gardering: An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation, Foreword Erik A. de Jong; Laurie Cluitmans, Arent Boon, Eva Burgering (ed), with contributions by Maria Barnas, Jonny Bruce, Laurie Cluitmans ... [et al.], (Amsterdam, 2021), p. 41, met afb.

  • Otto en Adya van Rees : leven en werk tot 1934, met bijdragen van Willem Enzinck ... [et al.], (Utrecht, 1975), p. 87 afb.; p. 28; p. 36; p. 77; pp. 108-113, met afb. op p. 113

Exhibitions

  • De botanische revolutie, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2021 - 2022

  • Otto van Rees 1884-1957. Verkenner van het modernisme, Singer Laren, Laren [N.H.], 2003

  • Overzichtstentoonstelling Otto van Rees, Galerie Quintessens, Utrecht, 1990

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.112D935F-DC26-49DF-BFCD-9F79FD740C59

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