{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":15405,"auction_id":18,"set_id":30,"lot_number":"178","artist":"Betsy Westendorp (1927 - 2022)","title":"a.) Painting No. 1416-16 b.) Painting No. 1429-16","starting_price":120000,"signed_dated":"a.) signed (lower left) and dated 2016 b.) signed and dated 2016 (lower right)","medium":"a.) oil on canvas b.) oil on masonite board","size":"a.) 9” x 12” (23 cm x 30 cm) b.) 9” x 12” (23 cm x 30 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":null,"exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Art critic Cid Reyes noted in the eponymous monograph of Betsy Westendorp: “Strange to think that Philippine art has not produced one single great painter of flowers, when we, as a tropical country, are profuse with an array of native blossoms. Still, since we have already claimed Betsy Westendorp as one of our own, clearly that lack has been filled—and the wish fulfilled.” Through the decades of her long- spanning career, she has captured beauty in her celebrated oeuvre.
The Spanish-born painter particularly loves depicting flora and landscapes, presenting its fleeting beauty and the naturalness of its different states. These two pieces showcase not just nature’s calming quiet but also Westendorp’s contemplative rendering of flowers in glorious bloom through harmonious color and strokes. Westendorp’s use of color evokes a feeling of calculated precision, and spontaneous passion. Her cool and subdued background colors perfectly accentuate the liveliness of her subject matter, which are often draped in warm and inviting hues. What Westendorp offers us is more than just an appealing rendition of nature’s beauty, but a novel experience that reshapes and reimagines our world in a whole new light.","lot_group":"PAINTING","lot_details_html":"
Betsy Westendorp (1927 - 2022) Painting No. 1416-16 signed (lower left) and dated 2016 oil on canvas 9” x 12” (23 cm x 30 cm)
Painting No. 1429-16 signed and dated 2016 (lower right) oil on masonite board 9” x 12” (23 cm x 30 cm)