As the Burns' Day Storm, also known as cyclone Daria, raged across North-Western Europe, Constant channeled its raw energy into his watercolors. The tempest's gusty winds and flying debris found a reflection in his dynamic spatters and faint silhouettes of people and objects. This devastating storm, one of Europe's most powerful, carved a path of destruction, especially impacting the Netherlands and Belgium.
Work
Les enfants errants
1990
paper, watercolour
Collection Olga Nieuwenhuys
CID: 2885
Circa 1990
omslag boek van Olga Nieuwenhuys, "Angels with Callous Hands", children's work in rural Kerala (India), academisch proefschrift Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1990
Man with Dog
1990
34.5cm x 29.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection unknown
CID: 3259
Circa 1990
No TIFF image available.
Medea [I]
1990
55.0cm x 40.0cm
paper, watercolour, wax crayon
Collection unknown
CID: 2331
The numbering is for practical reasons to distinguish between different works with the same title.
Portret van Til Visser
1990
35.5cm x 30.5cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 495
circa 1990
Sketch for Justine
1990
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 7596
Sketch for the oil painting and etching of Justine [1990], circa 1990.
Waldo
1990
27.2cm x 37.6cm
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 257
In 1990 Constant's dog Waldo died. It's uncertain whether this is a drawing of a dead or sleeping Waldo.