Pieter Pander
Pieter Pander was born in 1962. In 1982, he enrolled at the Minerva Art Academy in Groningen, where he was taught by Jouke Wouda and Matthijs Röling, among others. Pieter Pander currently lives and works in Franeker.
He works in the figurative tradition, but unlike many of his colleagues, his touch is smooth and sketchy.
Only parts of the image are elaborated, making them stand out more emphatically.
The background of the painting is prepared panel or linen that is gray in color, allowing him to work with both light and dark tones.
Pander paints quickly and easily. He uses a limited palette of colors, mainly browns, blues, grays, and whites. These are the colors that suit him and with which he can convey intimacy and feeling. His unique use of color, but also the strong light-dark effect, characterizes Pander's work and betrays the influence of his teacher Matthijs Röling. The contrast between the rough and finely detailed parts on the canvas creates a tension, making the work interesting from both a distance and up close.
Pieter Pander is best known as a painter of portraits of people and animals. What is most striking about Pieter Pander's portraits is that the subjects are depicted in such a natural way. Old people and children are often the subjects of his portraits.
They are depicted in completely natural poses, which determine the naturalness of their presence on the canvas. We recognize the themes of life and death in his work, but nevertheless, his portraits show the painter's respect for his subjects.
Just as he treats people with respect, he also treats animals with respect and tries to convey that feeling to us.
These are the animals from our culture, naturally present, but no less valuable for that. He depicts their vulnerability, their fear, their perkiness, or their trust in humanity.
By choosing an unusual viewpoint without distorting the perspective, he creates a certain alienation that suddenly makes us see the animal with new eyes.
UTRECHT
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Stier (Collectie Kleijn)
80 x 120 cm
Oil on panel
13.000,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
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Stip
40 x 43 cm
Oil on panel
4.300,- Euro | Lokatie: Utrecht
