Bart van der Leck (1876-1958)
Ceramics
Around 1934, the painter Bart van der Leck started experimenting with making decorative ceramics.
The rough unglazed objects were made at a local pottery called Hobbel and at potter Brouwer from Leiderdorp. After he carefully mixed the colored glazes in his studio, Van der Leck painted each composition and decor himself and then fired them in one of his own pottery kilns.
He sometimes made several versions of a design, but he experimented/varied with lines and areas of color so much that there are no exactly the same tiles, plates or vases. They are unique works of art of which only the approved copies were provided with his signature B vd L.
This collection of decorative pottery origins directly from the family of the artist who acquired it by inheritance.
The objects have never been on the market before and remained in Van der Leck’s studio until his death in 1958.
Some decorative ceramic tiles from this special collection are now on display in our gallery, along with the original design drawings.
Very recentley added to our collection:
Four ceramic decorative tiles designed, executed and signed by ‘De Stijl- artist’ Bart van der Leck, origin from the estate of Henk de Leeuw (director of the avant-garde department store Metz&Co) and the heirs of Bart van der Leck.
More information will follow soon.
Decorative tile, glazed terracotta with abstract decoration of a goat lamb, 1940s
12.3 x 12.3 cm.
Signed: B vd L
Decorative tile, glazed terracotta with abstract decor of a goat, 1940s
12.5 x 12.5 cm.
Signed: B vd L
Decorative tile, glazed terracotta with abstract decor of a fish, 1936
12 x 12.5 cm.
Signed: B vd L
Decorative tile, glazed terracotta with abstract decor of a goat lamb, 1940s
12.5 x 12.5 cm.
Signed: B vd L
We have obtained a photograph from the family archive that was made by the Dutch photographer Nico Jesse in commission of Van der Leck in the 1950s.
The photo also shows some tiles that closely resemble the examples we are now presenting in our gallery.
We feel privileged the heirs of Van der Leck enables us to offer you some pieces today that are so closely related to this historic photo from the studio of Van der Leck.
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