Willie Berkers - Small farm in the Peel - Sold

Willie Berkers (Deurne, May 9, 1950 - July 5, 2020) was a Dutch painter.
Berkers was a self-taught artist who started painting after working as a construction worker for about ten years. He focused on landscapes and still lifes and developed into a special and valued exponent of Dutch neorealism after 1950.
Berkers composed still lifes in which objects from the immediate living environment are placed behind each other and illuminated by a single light source. The play of light and shadow achieved in this way was meticulously rendered clearly and realistically by him, creating a subdued composition. The same mastery of materials was found in his work as a landscape painter, and Berkers found his inspiration in the landscapes of the Peel in Brabant. Berkers was inspired by painters such as Gerard Dou and Johannes Vermeer.