Spanish Influence: Kees Salentijn

Kees Salentijn (Amsterdam, 1947) received his training on scholarship at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam where DB Kat was his most important teacher. Salentijn traveled to study paintings in the Prado in Madrid and he stayed a few months with the Berber family in Morocco. During the mid-70s, Kees traveled to Greece. In 1977 he and painter Kenne Gregoire created “The Asparagus Eaters” in Venray. Also during this year, he received a commission for a mural in the city office at Venlo. In the eighties Salentijn traveled to Spain. During this period, he associated with artists of various currents and became an advocate for the spontaneous, unconscious creativity that is not primarily a pursuit of aesthetic depiction. A large exhibition of work created during this Spanish trip was mounted in 1983. It can be categoried as “Extremadura”, a show of paintings, collages and drawings. In 1984 Salentijn resided in Barcelona and traveled through the Pyrenees and Catalonia He visited the artist Antoni Tapies and has also expressed interest in other Spanish painters like Saura and Millares. The death of the matador Paguiri is the reason for Salentijn for its first bullfighting - (corrida) paintings. This theme was continued and in 1985 he exhibited a number of works on paper under the heading "Les folies d'Espagne" in Amsterdam. For Kees, the bullfighting "is a metaphor for the struggle to become the painting”. In the late eighties Salentijn visited the excavations in Ampurias, a Greek / Roman settlement in Spain. The experience inspired his work. At this time, he traveled between his studio in Venlo and various studios of friends in Amsterdam. Starting in the 1990s, Kees became involved in a workshop in the neighborhood of the capital. This started a period of rapid creation. Collage, drawing and painting continue the expression of his creativity.

Works of Art: Kees Salentijn

All works of Kees Salentijn available at if ART Gallery, 1223 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC.

Contact Wim Roefs at if-art-gallery@sc.twcbc.com or (803) 255-0068/(803) 238-2351.

Dos Amigas, 2008, mixed media on paper
9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in., $625

Untitled, 1997, mixed media on paper
19 3/4 x 25 3/4 in., $1,675

Untitled, 1992, mixed media on paper
23x 15 in., $1,550

Dos Amigas, 2002, mixed media on paper, 11 x 15 in.
$850

En la Costa, 1994, mixed media on paper, 11 x 15 in.,
$850

Mujer con los Brazos en el Aire, 2002
mixed media on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
$625

Untitled, 1990, mixed media on paper
19 x 25 1/2 in., $1,550

Untitled, 1988, mixed media on paper
18 7/8 x 25 1/2 in., $1,550

Untitled, lithograph, 7/90, $525

Caberas, 1993, oil on canvas, 18 x 15 3/4 in.,
$2,000

Cabeza, 1997, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 17 1/2 in.,
$2,000

Fantasma, 1995, oil on canvas,
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., $2,000

La Familia, 1992, oil on canvas,
15 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., $1,850

La Familia, 1995, acrylic on canvas,
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., $1,700

Nina en un Jardin, 1993, oil on canvas,
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., $1,850

Puerto en la Tarde, 1990, oil on canvas,
 13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in., $1,925

Untitled, 1990, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 14 in., $1,450

Untitled, 1995, acrylic on canvas, 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.,
$1,700

Tres Figuras, 1994, mixed media on paper
13 x 9 in.

1993, lithograph, 10 x 14 in.

Mujer con los Brazos en el Aire, 2002
mixed media on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
$625

En la Costa, 1993, lithograph, 10 x 14 in.

Maja con Cigarillo, 1998
mixed media on paper, 13 x 9 1/2 in.

Vaca Frisona, 1998, mixed media on paper
11 x 15 in., $850

Personnes en la Costa, 1993
mixed media on paper

Variacion, 1993, mixed media on paper, 11 x 15 in.

Font Viella, 1999, mixed media on paper, 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.
$625

Cabezas, 1995, mixed media on paper
15 x 11 in.

Hombrecito, 1999, mixed media on paper
15 x 11 in.

Untitled, 2002, linocut, 13 x 10 in. 

Untitled, 2002, linocut, 13 x 10 in.

Dama en la Playa, 1999

Personajes con Bicicleta, 2004, mixed media on paper
10 x 13 in., $750

Veraneante, 1997

Mixed media on paper, 15 x 11 in.

Untitled, 2002, linocut, 13 x 10 in.

Untitled, 2002, linocut, 13 x 11 in. 

Carmen (Cat Series),  2011
Oil on canvas, 12 x 10 in., $1,150

Dos Figuras, 1996, Mixed media on paper
13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. $800

Miss Saigon, 1996, mixed media on paper
15 x 23 in., $1,500

Untitled, 1998, mixed media on paper
19 x 25 1/2 in., $1,550

Miss Saigon, 1996, mixed media on paper
15 x 23 in., $1,500

Hombre, 2003, mixed media on paper
23 x 19 in., $1,700

Variacion con Cabeza de Toro, 1998

Mixed media on paper, 15 x 11 in.
$850

Personas en la Costa, 1993
mixed media on paper,  12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

Oda a Dubuffet, 1997, mixed media on paper
10 x 13 in., $750

En la Costa, 1993

Mixed media on paper, 13 x 9 1/2 in.

Algo, 2004, mixed media on paper,  11 x 14 in.

Gato, 1999, mixed media on paper, 13 x 15 3/4 in., $950

Rio de las Parajos, 1988, mixed media on paper
18 7/8 x 25 1/2 in.

Cabeza (El Grand Silbidito), 2001
Mixed media on paper, 13 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
$1,175

Hombrecito, 2003, mixed media on paper
9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in., $625

Momentos de Don Juan, 1990
mixed media on paper, 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.
$1,325

Poble Nou, 1998, mixed media on paper, 11 x 15 in.
$850

Kees Salentijn, (Dutch b. 1947)

Dama en la Silla, 1999