1970s Theodore DeGroot Lathe Art - Kitchen Still Life Panel

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This folk art-style kitchen still life, lathe-art panel portrays cut-out painted wood elements affixed to a dark wood plank background, … Read more This folk art-style kitchen still life, lathe-art panel portrays cut-out painted wood elements affixed to a dark wood plank background, a natural wood frame with gray-washed finish, depicting a large blue stoneware crock with wooden spoons, a wheel of cheese, and two blue stemmed wine glasses constructed in Degroot’s personal and iconic style.
Theodore Cornelius de Groot (December 15, 1920 – July 20, 2019) was a Dutch-American painter. He was born in a suburb of The Hague in the Netherlands. In 1959 de Groot came to America with his wife Hans and five children. He started painting for the advertising industry before going on his own.
He said “I refuse to paint "sure sellers", such as the cute, the corny, the romantic, the sentimental, the narrative. My favorite subject is the contemporary American urban scene, which I find exciting and uniquely suited to my taste. I like to use clues that give an illusion of space, or only a suggestion of it around the corner or beyond the hill. The opposites of mass and space, of volumes and voids intrigue me.”
He truly shows this sentiment in this and every piece he has created.
This was believed to have been created in the 1970’s or early 80’s. It has some imperfections that are consistent with age. See less