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Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Geert Grauss
Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Geert Grauss
Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1882-1929 | Dutch
Café Scene
Signed and dated “Grauss ’16” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A lively cabaret scene unfolds in a vibrant swirl of color, gesture and movement in Café Scene by Gerardus Hendrik Grauss. Elegantly dressed figures gather around a crowded table, drinking, dancing and engaging in flirtatious conversation as the artist captures the excitement and intimacy of an evening spectacle. Through loose, expressive brushwork and bold flashes of yellow, red, black and white, Grauss transforms a bustling café into a celebration of nightlife and theatrical energy.
The composition draws the viewer into the atmosphere of the scene, where wine bottles, goblets and oranges fill the table while figures emerge through a dynamic interplay of light and color. Grauss’s confident brushwork conveys both movement and mood, balancing the glamour of the gathering with a sense of lively spontaneity. The richly dressed figures and animated gestures capture the allure of early 20th-century café culture.
Born in the Netherlands, Gerardus Hendrik “Geert” Grauss was a painter, draftsman and lithographer known for his figure compositions, genre scenes and floral still lifes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels before traveling throughout the Mediterranean, including Italy and Algeria, where he continued to refine his artistic vision. A member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Sint Lucas Artists Association in Amsterdam, Geert Grauss received the Willink van Collen Prize in 1917 and later represented painting in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games art competition.
Dated 1916
Canvas: 29" high x 39" wide (73.66 × 99.06 cm)
Frame: 39" high x 48 3/4" wide x 3 3/4" deep (99.06 × 123.83 x 9.53 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Florida
Private collection, London
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
