17/10/2025
HENDRICUS PETRUS BREMMER
(1871 Leyde – La Haye 1956)
Still life with fruits and pots
Oil on canvas
56 x 65 cm
Formerly bore the artist’s monogram
PROVENANCE :
Willem Cornelis. Feltkamp’s collection (1898- 1974) ; Scherpel Gallery, Bussum, 1975 ; Fijnaut gallery, Amsterdam, 1979, label on the back of the stretcher ; private collection, Netherlands
EXHIBITION :
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae « Hollands Kleurenpalet rond de eeuwwisseling », 27 September – 12 October 1975, n°12 (Scherpel Gallery’s collection, Bussum)
Originally from Leiden, in the Netherlands, H. P. Bremmer was a completely self-taught artist who moved within the artistic circles of Leiden and later The Hague, seeking to meet the modern artists of his time
Our Still Life with Fruit and Pots is entirely characteristic of Bremmer’s output between 1895 and 1905.
The artist, resolutely pointillist but also highly interested in the luminist movement of the period, depicted simple, everyday objects, whose arrangement—restrained yet meticulously considered—the interplay of coloured shadows, and the consistently luminous and delicate palette all highlighted the young painter’s pointillist technique. Highly personal, his textured brushwork gave his works a distinctive quality, reminiscent of shagreen, as can be seen in our painting.
The provenance indicated on the label of the painting in 1979, when it was exhibited by the Fijnaut Gallery in Amsterdam, is particularly noteworthy. Indeed, our painting once belonged to a close associate of Bremmer, Wim Feltkamp (1898–1974), the artist’s cousin who, after completing his law studies in the 1920s, drew closer to Bremmer and continued his artistic teaching
This paintings is on view on our booth at Frieze Masters until October 19 - Regent’s Park - London
