signed and dated 2013 on the reverse oil on canvas 190×130 cm
€ 7.000
Provenance and literature
CV
1989–1992 Royal Academy of Art and Design, Den Bosch
Class taught by Marc Mulders
1992–1995 Universidad de Bellas Artes, Granada
1995–2025 Studio Amsterdam/Middenbeemster
Exhibited:
2015 Amsterdam, Rueb Art Gallery, Joost Rüpp,
2016–2015. Gallery Rueb, Amsterdam
2016–2019 KunstRAI, Amsterdam
2021–2023 Art Noord, Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud-Heerenveen
2025 Art Rotterdam
2026 Art Rotterdam
About the artist
Fascinated by the painters Solano, Ribera, and Zurbarán, Rüpp
moved to Spain in 1992. In the early years following this period, his work
remained oriented toward the world around us, though a sense of alienation
from that reality remained central.
After studying other ways of creating images, such as in more
Oriental cultures, Rüpp gradually developed his own concept for his
canvases. The composition of the paintings is built up using multiple layers
of oil paint. An underlayer is created using a pigment that has fallen out of use.
Once this is dry, other colors and additional layers are applied.
Using the sfumato technique, some outlines are made blurry
again.