Dorus Roovers, 1897-1953, Veluws kunstenaar herontdekt in Groningen

Besides a few figure pieces and portraits, Roovers’s oeuvre consists primarily of landscapes and floral still lifes. His landscapes are expressionistic, brightly colored, and painted with impasto brushwork. He was friends with the painters Hendrik Chabot and Herman Kruyder, who also worked in the expressionist tradition. They certainly influenced his working method. There are also undeniable similarities with the work of De Ploeg. Abroad, Roovers was called “a Dutch expressionist of stature.” Haystacks and sheaves of wheat are recurring themes in Roovers’s landscapes. During World War II, when the artist was in hiding at various addresses in the province of Groningen, he continued to paint. His work therefore also features the Groningen landscape as its subject. Roovers also drew inspiration from Cubism, perhaps stimulated by the period he spent in France.

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