Galerie Quintessens / De Wereld van Lotti. Schilderijen en beelden van Lotti van der Gaag (1923-1999)
Galerie Quintessens / De Wereld van Lotti. Schilderijen en beelden van Lotti van der Gaag (1923-1999)
Lotti van der Gaag (1923-1999), who lived alternately in Paris and The Hague for many decades, became known primarily as the sculptor who was closely involved with Cobra shortly after 1950. This international avant-garde movement was founded in Paris in 1948. Lotti settled in the French capital in 1950, after seeing the exhibition ‘13 Beeldhouwers uit Parijs’ at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Shortly thereafter, she took lessons from Ossip Zadkine, whom she greatly admired.
After Galerie Quintessens exhibited early sculptures and drawings by Lotti van der Gaag in 2022, the gallery will focus in the coming months on her painted oeuvre. These are remarkably expressive and colorful paintings from after 1960, when the ratio of sculptures versus paintings changed fundamentally. Sculpting faded into the background, not least because of the high costs of bronze casting. After 1970, she rarely made sculptures.
Lotti van de Gaag, ‘L ‘enterrement d’une sainte’, 1972, oil on canvas, 65 x 90 cm.
N.B. the gallery is closed from 21/12/2025 up to and including 8/1/2026
Lotti van der Gaag (1923-1999), who lived alternately in Paris and The Hague for many decades, became known primarily as the sculptor who was closely involved with Cobra shortly after 1950. This international avant-garde movement was founded in Paris in 1948. Lotti settled in the French capital in 1950, after seeing the exhibition ‘13 Beeldhouwers uit Parijs’ at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Shortly thereafter, she took lessons from Ossip Zadkine, whom she greatly admired.
After Galerie Quintessens exhibited early sculptures and drawings by Lotti van der Gaag in 2022, the gallery will focus in the coming months on her painted oeuvre. These are remarkably expressive and colorful paintings from after 1960, when the ratio of sculptures versus paintings changed fundamentally. Sculpting faded into the background, not least because of the high costs of bronze casting. After 1970, she rarely made sculptures.
Lotti van de Gaag, ‘L ‘enterrement d’une sainte’, 1972, oil on canvas, 65 x 90 cm.
N.B. the gallery is closed from 21/12/2025 up to and including 8/1/2026
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