Please find details of “Laundries” by Nachum Gutman
The unique style of Gutman includes a combination of French primitive-naive art, Expressionism and post-impressionism, “Laundries” relate to the latter. The woman on the left has turned away. Detached from her mechanical work she fascinates the viewers, inviting to share her observation. Nahum Gutman conveyed the metaphysical illusion, that the beholder does not exist, that there is no one present before the canvas. Also, the figure by virtue of her bodily orientation is congruent with that of the painter-beholder at work on canvas, it enhances the effect of presence.
The second woman is very organic in her pose, she is focused on the laundry, “purification” that could also be the action of meditation. Movements of elongated flexible figures seem to be smooth and measured.
Nahum Gutman
Nachum Gutman was born in the village Teleneshty, Bessarabia. When he was 7, the family emigrated to Israel and settled in Neve Tzedek, where artist’s father worked as a teacher. Nachum Gutman started his education at Bezalel Academy of Arts, and then later studied painting in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. In Israel the painter was a part of an artistic circle, that formed “The Eretz-Israeli Style”, mostly focused on landscape paintings. Another well-known member of this movement was Reuven Rubin, whose artworks comprise the collection of Kings gallery.
Gutman worked in a variety of media including sculpture, mosaics and engravings. Take a look at his “Worker in the field”.
Besides,
Nachum Gutman was a writer, that is why many of his paintings have a narrative character. The artist even created several illustrated books for children and received the “Lamdan Award for Children’s Literature” and the “Fichman Prize for Literature and Art”.
In 1988 Nahum Gutman Society opened his Museum of Art in Tel-Aviv. Its exhibitions include works by contemporary Israeli artists in order to create a cultural dialogue between old and new masters.
Kings gallery
Kings Gallery is a leading fine art gallery established in Jerusalem in 1995. We strive to collect and sell the highest quality historic and contemporary Israeli and International art. Especially, the gallery specializes in artists from the early period of the 1920’s. In addition, Kings Gallery features leading up-and-coming young artists who will definitely be prominent names in the next few years.
