This is a fine example of the so-called Luminist style in which Sluijters and other young, Amsterdam-based painters such as Leo Gestel and Piet Mondrian worked between 1907 and 1910. It is a development of the Pointillism of Georges Seurat, but with stronger colours and with a very free, sometimes almost crude, manner of applying dabs of paint. It proved an efficient means of capturing the light and atmosphere of a landscape, as in this sunny view of a sand quarry with dump carts.
Specifications
| Title | Dumping Carts |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 60,5 cm Height 40 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Jan Sluijters
|
| Accession number | 2428 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1958 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1907 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Langdurig bruikleen Jan Sluijters (2018) Clouds and Light: Impressionism in Holland (2023) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
