Leo Gestel (11 November 1881,
Woerden – 26 November 1941,
Hilversum) was a Dutch painter. His father
Willem Gestel was also an artist.
Leo Gestel experimented with
cubism,
expressionism,
futurism and postimpressionism. Along with
Piet Mondrian and
Jan Sluyters he was among the leading artists of Dutch
modernism.
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 Vincent van Gogh. Due to financial problems Gestel created advertisements (e.g. for
Philips) for illustrated books.
[RKDartists ,
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Accessed on 12 March 2025
While in Paris he came in contact with the avant-garde 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 Bergen, where he joined the Bergen School. In 1929 the majority of his works were lost when a fire destroyed his studio.
Public collections
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Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar
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Drents Museum, Assen
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Kunstmuseum, The Hague
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Museum De Hallen, Haarlem
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Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
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Singer Laren, Laren
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Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
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Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
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Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle
File:Leo Gestel - Mallorca, Terreno - Google Art Project.jpg| Mallorca, Terreno
File:Leo Gestel Boom in maanlicht (de Blauwe Boom) 1910.jpg|Blue tree
File:1909 Gestel liegender Akt anagoria.JPG |Nude
File:Leo Gestel Idle moments c1910.jpg|Idle moments
File:Leo Gestel Boats along the shore 1908.jpg|Boats along the shore 1908
File:Leo Gestel Gladiolen 1913.jpg|Flowers, 1913
File:Portrait of Else Berg (1877-1942), by Leo Gestel.jpg|Portrait of Else Berg, 1913
File:Leo Gestel Koolveld 1907.jpg|
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Trappeniers, Maureen S. "Gestel, Leo." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 3, 2012; subscription required).
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Leo gestel in the RKD
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