Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Circa 1946
Constant's son Victor was two years old at the time.
Work
Portrait de mon fils
1946
93.0cm x 63.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Victor Nieuwenhuys, NL
CID: 1022
Portret van Matie [II]
1946
78.0cm x 53.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection unknown
CID: 2110
After the Second World War, Constant starts to experiment with a cubist painting style. Of the two founders of cubism, Picasso and Braque, Constant feels more akin with the latter. It is often said that the cubist work of Braque maintains a sense of balance and harmony while Picasso strived for disruption in his art. Constant’s ‘Portret van Matie’ is indeed a fine example from Constant's body of work of a balanced harmony of shapes, as seen in Braque's cubism. For another example, see Stilleven [II], 1945.
Portret van Matie [I]
1946
89.0cm x 75.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 2
A portrait of Constant's first wife Matie van Domselaer, inspired by Picasso.
Stadsgezicht bij nacht (Magere brug)
1946
32.0cm x 43.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 1549
Stilleven met schedel
1946
40.0cm x 60.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 1548
Stilleven met wekker en schoenen
1946
55.0cm x 60.1cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Museum Henriëtte Polak | Musea Zutphen, Zutphen, NL
CID: 2520
Twee dieren
1946
58.0cm x 64.4cm
gouache, linen, oil paint
Collection Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem, NL
CID: 292
Fusillering Weteringschans
1945
21.5cm x 30.0cm
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 116
Image from a war torn Amsterdam.
