Leo Gestel (11 November 1881, Woerden – 26 November 1941,

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) was a Dutch painter. His father Willem Gestel was also an artist. Leo Gestel experimented with

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and

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. Along with

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and Jan Sluyters he was among the leading artists of Dutch

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Life

Gestel was first instructed in art by his father, Willem Gestel, the director of an art school, and his uncle, Dimmen Gestel, who had painted with

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. Due to financial problems Gestel created advertisements (e.g. for

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) for illustrated books. While in

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he came in contact with the

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movement. In 1913 Herwarth Walden offered him the chance to exhibit work in the " Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon" in Berlin. Generally Gestel spent the summer in

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, where he joined the Bergen School. In 1929 the majority of his works were lost when a fire destroyed his studio; he then moved to Blaricum.

Public collections

* Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar * Drents Museum,

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* Museum De Hallen, Haarlem * Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem * Singer Laren, Laren * Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo * Museum van Bommel van Dam,

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References

* Trappeniers, Maureen S
"Gestel, Leo."
In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 3, 2012; subscription required).
Leo gestel
in the

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External links

Entry for Leo Gestel
on the

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