Twee dieren

1946
58.0cm x 64.4cm
gouache, linen, oil paint
Collection Frans Hals Museum, NL
CID: 292

ZT/Kind met slofjes

1946
24.8cm x 20.0cm
paper, pencil
Collection Jaap Min, NL
CID: 2346

ZT/Labyrint

1946
85.0cm x 70.5cm
linen, oil paint
Collection unknown
CID: 7681

Fusillering Weteringschans

1945
21.5cm x 30.0cm
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 116

Image from a war torn Amsterdam.

Gezicht op het Sarphatipark

1945
97.5cm x 76.5cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 117

Constant lived along Sarphatipark with his partner Matie van Domselaer during the Second World War. The park was then called 'Bollandpark,' as during the German occupation street names and other public places named after Jewish people were renamed. Today it has its original name back.

During the war, artists were required to register with the Reich Chamber of Culture to be allowed to continue their practice. Constant did not register and would therefore hide in the crawl space under their house when danger approached.

Het roode paard

1945
40.0cm x 50.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection
CID: 1445

Le coq hardi

1945
55.0cm x 60.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Galerie Van De Loo, Munich, Germany
CID: 270

Paastournooi 1945

1945
39.7cm x 49.7cm
crayon, gouache, paper
Private collection, NL
CID: 2784

Stilleven [II]

1945
57.2cm x 78.2cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 1547

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. This still life 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 Portret van Matie [II], 1946.

Vrouwekopje

1945
30.0cm x 25.0cm
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 115