Kremer, Magda (*1942), Children with geese in the light of a summer evening

Magda Kremer(*1942 Hengelo), Children with geese in the light of a summer evening . Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm (inside measurement), 52 x 62 cm (frame), signed by hand with "M.[agda] Kremer" on the lower right.

- in very good condition

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- The Lightness of Light -

On a summer meadow, illuminated by the warm evening light, are two children, perhaps brother and sister. Immediately beside them are geese, turned away from the children and gradually moving to the right, probably on their way to roost. One goose is stretching its wings, another is still looking for something to eat before heading home.

The girl has crouched down and stopped picking flowers to look at the geese, while the boy standing behind her looks in our direction with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a filigree branch.

The branch is a symbol of the summery, carefree lightness of the scene, which, in addition to the motif, is carried above all by the effect of color and light.

The colors, applied in a broad Impressionist style, have a light-saturated pastel quality and seem to be almost concentrated forms of light itself. Here Magda Kremer follows the art of August Renoir and carries it into a post-impressionist figurative painting.

About the artist

Magda (Klaes) Kremer was a student of Riemko Holtrop. She made study trips to France, Spain and Portugal. Her work has been exhibited in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and France.