By Carel Reisch.
Galerie Patries van Dorst was recently presented the exhibition, Picasso Renoir Rensse. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) needs no further introduction. Patries van Dorst have commissioned some original, rare lithographs, etchings and pochoirs of his work and each piece came with a certificate of authenticity.
Jacques Renoir, (born in France in 1942) is the great grandson of the painter Auguste Renoir. The Renoir family has a continuous art tradition through various generations from paintings to theatre to film and photography.
Jacques Renoir discovered his passion for film and photography at an early age. After graduating from the ‘Ecole Nationale de la Photographie et Cinématographie Louis Lumière’, he works as cameraman and director of photography on films with, Vadim, Sautet, Stanley Donen, Lewis Gilbert… From 1967 to 1975 he collaborates as cameraman and film director of L’odyssée sous marine du Commandant Cousteau travelling the world with Calypso, crowned by four nominations and an Emmy award by TV in the United States.
The relief photographs by Jacques Renoir are being shown for the first time in the Netherlands.
Erik Renssen (born in the Netherlands in 1960) is a figurative painter with a genuine interest in the beauty in people and objects. His oeuvre comprises painting, sculpture and graphic works. With great virtuosity he paints a world of both vibrant and subdued colors.
The range of subjects is classical; portrait, still-life, the reclining nude and the occasional landscape. In the past 10 years Renssen’s oeuvre and worldwide sales grew tremendously. He is today one of the most successful exporting artists of the Netherlands.
