{"product_id":"still-life-bowl-with-apples-bart-van-der-leck","title":"Still life (Bowl with apples) - Bart van der Leck","description":"\u003cp\u003eA minimalist geometric abstraction by De Stijl pioneer Bart van der Leck, featuring a reduced composition of a bowl and apples in primary colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBart van der Leck was a founding member of the De Stijl movement, alongside Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg. This work demonstrates his unique approach to abstraction, which he termed 'neoplasticism'. Unlike his contemporaries who often favoured a strict grid, van der Leck maintained a connection to representational subjects, reducing them to their most basic geometric components and primary colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this composition, the artist strips away the superfluous details of a traditional still life. The bowl and the apples are rendered as flat, distinct shapes. The blue horizontal bands define the vessel, while the red and yellow polygons represent the fruit. By isolating these forms against a neutral, off-white background, van der Leck forces the viewer to focus on the relationship between colour, shape, and negative space. The lack of overlapping forms or traditional perspective creates a sense of stillness and clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVan der Leck believed that art should be objective and universal. His method involved breaking down visual reality into a vocabulary of primary colours (red, yellow, blue) and non-colours (white, grey, black). This piece is an example of his mature style, where the subject matter is barely recognisable yet retains the structural essence of the original observation. The deliberate placement of each shape suggests a carefully considered balance, typical of his work during the early 1920s. This print captures the precise, clean lines and the stark, intentional colour palette of the original oil painting, making it a representative example of early twentieth-century Dutch modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1.5rem;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.85rem;color:#888;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 0.75rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;\"\u003eYou might also like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0.5rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/sv\/products\/composition-with-oval-in-color-planes-ii-piet-mondrian-1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eComposition with Oval in Color Planes II - Piet Mondrian — Piet Mondrian\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/sv\/products\/still-life-with-statue-vase-and-jar-theo-van-doesburg\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eStill Life with Statue, Vase and Jar - Theo van Doesburg — Theo van Doesburg\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bart van der Leck","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Small Square (30x30 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58842800324943,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Medium Square (40x40 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58842881098063,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Large Square (50x50 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58842881130831,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Still-life-Bowl-with-apples-_Poster_CompositorV1_1790009594219.jpg?v=1790011417","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.co.uk\/sv\/products\/still-life-bowl-with-apples-bart-van-der-leck","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}