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Portrait of Lucas van Hilst, nephew of the artist

Leo GestelLinkedCulture matchlcp-27221ed07045

Date: c. 1928
Medium: Graphite on paper
Department: European Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 147213

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Having studied in Amsterdam and Paris, Dutch painter Leo Gestel was interested in international avant-garde artistic movements. He delved into Divisionism, Fauvism, Cubism, and Expressionism. At times he dealt with major events, such as the displacement of refugees during World War I, but more often he depicted everyday life. This sweet portrait shows the artist's young nephew Lucas van Hilst. Gestel made it as a present for his sister-in-law, the boy's mother. Van Hilst was born in 1920; so Gestel probably drew this in the late 1920s. Some 50 years later, Lucas gave Mia its first work by Gestel, a powerful and moving poster of refugees leaving Belgium during World War I. Netherlands, Europe

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Credit line: Gift of the family of Lucas Van Hilst

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