CHARLESTON SC FINE ESTATES SEPTEMBER

HARRY KOOLEN (1904-1985) MID CENTURY MARKET EUROPE

This auction ended on September 27, 2026.

Start price: $25

Estimated price: $600 - $700

Buyer's Premium: 20%

Sold for: $100

Description

.Hendrik Harry Koolen (dutch, 1904-1985) Mid Century Impressionist Oil Painting, European Market Street. Koolen received his first artistic training at age fifteen from Jan van Puijenbroeck, a Flemish painter who had fled to the Netherlands during World War I, becoming part of the so-called Meerssener School, alongside artists like Charles Eyck and Henri Jonas At sixteen, Koolen moved to Amsterdam with Charles Eyck to pursue formal art education. Initially too young to enter the Rijksacademie, he worked various jobs until he was admitted in 1922. Koolen exhibited widely in the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, Maastricht, Tilburg, Nijmegen, Venlo, The Hague, and Breda, and internationally in Germany and England, where his work was shown alongside artists such as Jan Sluijters, Charley Toorop, Carel Willink, Dick Ket, and Piet Mondriaan. In gilt wood frame measures 23"x20"x1". Weight 3 lbs, **In house shipping available on this lot** If you win this lot, please select self arranged for in house shipping when paying**
Condition: good