Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
A drawing in an exercise book with Greek writings. His wife at the time, Matie van Domselaer, was studying ancient languages.
Work
Déclaration d’Amour
1946
55.3cm x 60.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
CID: 2517
Haantje op rieten stoel
1946
89.9cm x 70.3cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Museum Helmond, NL
CID: 1437
Circa 1946
Landschap met koeien
1946
40.9cm x 50.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 2607
Circa 1946
Portrait de mon fils
1946
93.0cm x 63.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Victor Nieuwenhuys, NL
CID: 1022
Circa 1946
Constant's son Victor was two years old at the time.
Portret van Matie [II]
1946
78.0cm x 53.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Elisabeth den Bieman de Haas
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.
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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
