The fruit trees are laden with blossoms, the flower fields are endless, and the Mediterranean towns are sultry... In the paintings of Jo Koster (1868-1944), summer bursts from the canvas!
Unconventional
Talented, determined, and unconventional: Jo Koster is all of these things. She follows her own path at a time when this was far from the norm. She doesn’t marry, earns her own money, and has a house built to her own specifications. She is one of the first women to dare to make a living from her art.
Travel
A life as a successful portrait painter? Not dynamic enough for Jo Koster. She chooses her freedom, gets in the car, and travels all over Europe. Fresh flower fields, stately snow-capped mountain peaks, rugged capes, sleepy village scenes, and striking people: Jo Koster immortalizes it all.
Mentor and network
Jo Koster is ambitious and wants to continually improve artistically. The renowned art educator and painter H.P. Bremmer becomes her mentor. He gives Koster important advice and introduces her to many other artists. Inspiration flows freely between them. What is unique about Jo Koster is that she does not stick to a single painting style. She simply chooses what best suits her subject. This results in a Staphorst interior rendered in the Divisionist stippling technique, and she paints ominous purple skies above cornfields reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the Mondriaan Fund, Fonds 21, and the Cultuurfonds.
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