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.
Exclusive collection of glazed terracotta pottery with abstract decor
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.
All pieces are signed by the artist, some are also dated.
Large decorative vase, glazed terracotta, with abstract decor 1941, 21 x 21 x 29.5 cm.
Monumental vase, unique example and masterpiece from this collection.
Signed and dated on the bottom: B vd L’41
Sold to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, August 2023.
The vase on display at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam july 2024
Absolute museum quality tableau with three glazed terracotta decorative tiles with stylized decor ‘Fish’, ‘Sparrow’ and ‘Apple’ set in plaster in a monochrome painted wooden frame.
Design tiles: ca. 1936 -1939
Dimensions: 46 x 19.3 x 2.4 cm.
These tiles were framed, in commission of Van der Leck, by his son in law.
It was private property of the artist hanging in the living room in his studio/country-house in Blaricum.
Decorative plate, glazed terracotta with abstract decor, 1937, 30.5 x 4 cm.
Signed and dated: B vd L’37
Sold at the BRAFA art fair in Brussels 2023 to the MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts Houston) Texas USA
Read more at the website of the museum MFAH >
Decorative cup, glazed terracotta, with an abstract decoration all around on the inside and outside, 1936
10 x 9.5 cm.,
Signed and dated: B vd L’36
Sold at the BRAFA art fair in Brussels 2023 to a private collector in The Netherlands.
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
Sold at the art fair PAN Amsterdam 2023 to a private collector in Italy
Decorative tile, glazed terracotta with abstract decor of a fish, 1936
12 x 12.5 cm.
Signed: B vd L
Sold at the BRAFA art fair in Brussels 2023 to a private collector in France.
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. Jesse photographed a collection of ceramics in the artist’s studio with almost the same objects as the objects from the collection ceramics offered here.
We see a plate, a row of tiles and a decorative jar together with a large vase on the table.
We feel privelaged the heirs of Van der Leck enables us to offer you a collection today that is so closely related to this historic photo from the studio of Van der Leck.
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