Leo Gestel Prints – Gardens, Flowers & Reading Figures
Leo Gestel prints show how differently colour can organise a garden, a flower arrangement and a seated reader. Faceted areas compress outdoor space, while a dark hat and bent head give a quieter figure its focus. Explore these subjects alongside Post-Impressionist prints, flower art and portrait painting.
A garden divided into bright planes
Giardino, Mallorca builds the scene from intersecting bands of pink, green, blue and yellow. Curving stems and trunks remain recognisable among the angular areas. Pots and red flowers anchor the lower edge, giving the eye familiar objects from which to explore the more fragmented foliage and surrounding space.
A bouquet across a crowded tabletop
Still Life with Flowers in a Glass Vase raises rounded blooms above a tall pale vase, with other objects gathered below. Warm orange and red touches punctuate the greener and greyer areas. The arrangement retains the flowers’ irregular outlines while giving the table and background a similarly active pattern of colour.
A lowered face beneath a dark hat
A Girl Reading places the reader close to the surface, her hands and open book extending across the lower edge. Fine repeated marks distinguish the dark dress from the warm background. The hat’s broad silhouette encloses the head, helping the small, absorbed gesture remain clear.
Related artists and collections
Compare expressive colour in Jan Toorop, gardens in Henri Manguin and reading figures in Isaac Israëls. Further Post-Impressionist art follows the constructed colour, while flower prints develops the garden and tabletop subjects.
Read more in our guide to Post-Impressionism.