Jan de Leener
Jan De Leener (1873-1944) migrated to Australia from Belgium in the 1890s. He painted widely around Sydney and in NSW country areas. He worked in water colour and produced a milder vision of the Australian landscape than some of his contempories such as Heysen or McCubbin. He travelled back to Europe and also through the Middle East producing a number of works from this period. Curiously, he was employed for some while as an official artist for NSW State Rail to produce artworks to be hung in carriages. He died in Marrickville in 1944. His work is light and easy on the eye and curiously impressionistic. He appears not to have been influenced by the more assertive nationalism of the Heidelberg painters. There are no bronzed shearers or stockman cracking whips - Just gentle renditions of the Australian bush as he found it
Original watercolour by Belgian-born Australian artist Jan de Leener (1873–1944), depicting a rural Australian landscape. De Leener arrived in Australia from Belgium around 1900 and devoted much of his career to painting the Australian countryside
A quietly spare rural scene with trees on the horizon, open flat land and a small farmhouse in the distance, in muted earth tones. A good example of de Leener's Australian rural work and in notably good condition — examples of his paintings in poor condition are not uncommon
Dimensions = 31 x 39 x 1cm. Medium - Water colour
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Original watercolour by Belgian-born Australian artist Jan de Leener (1873–1944), likely depicting the Tuggerah Lakes area, NSW, painted around the 1920s. De Leener arrived in Australia from Belgium around 1900 and painted extensively in the Tuggerah Lakes region. Read artist biography
A quiet dusk scene with silhouetted trees, calm water and a soft gradient sky in muted coastal tones. Untitled by the artist but consistent with his known Tuggerah Lakes subjects. Frame in excellent condition. Watercolour, 73 × 47cm (framed), timber frame with white matting.
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Jan Leener painting - Ruins of Crevecoeur
Watercolour painted in France during a return visit to Europe before 1914.
Medium = watercolour. Dimensions = 40×38x2cm
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Watercolour vintage, ornate dark and green beaded art deco style tortoise shell decorative frame with white matting, beautiful Australian river scene with eucalyptus trees and grassy bank in the foreground, on pale watercolor paper and soft muted colours
Extremely well preserved water colour from Jan de Leener (1873-1944). Most water colours of this age have some mild mould but this is in impeccable condition. Has also been thoughtfully reframed in 2016 but in a style appropriate to the time of composition.
Dimensions 28 x 23.5 cm (frame: 45 x 41 x 2 cm). Medium = Water colour
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