Bright, simple and colourful are the landscapes painted by Jeroen Allart
(Rotterdam, 1970). Before turning to landscapes, this Rotterdam-born artist
made amusing paintings of cats, rabbits and other animals, but also cowboys,
firemen, windmills and boats. Allart’s works are characterised by a
refreshingly light touch. His surprisingly simple paintings need no complex
exposés. There are very few painters who show what they want to portray in
such a direct manner: birds on a beach, a rough-and-tough cowboy or the
landscapes of his most recent work. Allart’s choice of topics and use of clear
lines and bright colours make for a peaceful atmosphere in his paintings. His
series of landscapes was inspired by the countryside of the province of
Limburg. The term ‘landscape painting’ evokes associations with a distant
past, but those associations immediately disappear when you look at Jeroen
Allart’s work.
His paintings are composed of highly
stylised elements such as pastures, skies and farms. Allart’s use of simple
outlines and bright colours gives his landscapes a graphic quality. That’s no
coincidence - before mastering the art of painting at the Rijksakademie and
the Willem de Kooning Academy, Allart attended a graphic training college.
Jeroen Allart’s works have previously been exhibited in the van Bommel van Dam
museum in Venlo and in the GEM Den Haag. Works by Allart are included in the
collections of Bouwfonds, Cbk Rotterdam, Eneco, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Modern Art Museum in Arnhem, Museum van Bommel van Dam and
several private collections in the Netherlands and other countries.
Source: GEM text, ‘s-Gravenhage Jeroen Allart
