{"id":1941,"date":"2020-08-02T22:58:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T22:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liquidskygallery.com\/johfra\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:09:22","slug":"johfra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liquidskygallery.com\/en\/johfra\/","title":{"rendered":"Johfra – The walls of Jericho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tTHE WALLS OF JERICHO – JOHFRA\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"Johfra\n\tA somewhat mystical and very exiting painting by Johfra. The work dates from 1965 and can be found back in the registration of the artist (Index #0909). He would describe his own style as psychological realism (‘psychisch realisme’). Even though art critics usually labeled Johfra’s work as magic realism.
\nThe strong and bold use of colors and the powerful lighting only adds to the suspense of the subject.\n\tArtist: <\/strong>Johfra\u00a0 (1919 -1998)
\nSize: <\/strong>65 x 63
\nSigned:<\/strong> Lower right.
\nMaterial: <\/strong>Oil on artist board\n

Price:<\/strong> SOLD<\/p>\n\t

Bio:<\/b><\/p>\nFranciscus Johannes Gijsbertus (nickname Frans) van den Berg (1919 – 1890), better known by his artist name; Johfra, a contraction of his given names (Joh) annes (Fra) nciscus).
\nJohfra grew up in The Hague. At the age of 15 Johfra starts studying at the Hague Academy and received lessons by Henk Meijer, Paul Citroen, Willem, Cees Boldinghen Jan Giessen, among others.
\nIn 1959 Johfra got the chance to meet Salvador Dali, which stimulated him to delve further into Dali’s surrealism.
\nTogether with Diana Vandenberg and later with Ellen L\u00f3rien he often stayed in France, where Johfra was able to direct his full attention to honing his skills and further develop his own style into what he himself called “psychic realism”.\n

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