Peter Boekholt
Greek architecture and Roman sculptures
The classical Mediterranean world is the big inspirational source for Boekholt (1949). In his paintings he takes us away from modern times to bring us to a richer past. Greek architecture, Roman sculptures and decorations from the renaissance appear often in his paintings. A view on classical times but conveyed in a different reality than we know. The future always comes from the past. That theme of philosophy is Boekholt’s motto. So he places elements, images and events from different times in his work, in order to try to reveal a small piece of the reality we will be facing in the future. Every painting has its own romance, its own story and gives us matter to think about. After discovering the deeper meanings in his paintings, the viewer has reached the dimension where Boekholt wants to take us.
A slow start
After seeing the world through enrolling with the Holland-America-Line, followed by a period of being ‘Holland’s worst art teacher’, he committed himself fully to the art of painting. His first series saw the light in 1980, especially realistic works: dark rough seas combined with a warm golden fall of light, the series also includes a few landscapes. Now comes a long and difficult period when he struggles with different styles and techniques. Boekholt even paints abstract works for some length of time.
The big break through At the end of the eighties he refinds his style and talent. Again he creates a series of paintings in the style of ‘magisch realisme’ (1988/1989): this time of lighter colour and with the classical Mediterranean world as inspiration. From 1990 onwards Boekholt shows his work frequently and his consistent style brings a big diversion of ‘master pieces’. The nineties are characterised by different periods with each time a series of works bound together by a common theme and/or use of colour. By now an impressive ‘oeuvre’ has been created.
