A few month ago i acquired another one of Siep van den Berg sketchbooks. This time it contained some 20 collages. It is great to see that some of these were actually realized as paintings , but the most part are highly interesting collages which give an idea of the paintings that were realized afterward. Most of these are not signed but some 60% contain fragments from his personal diary at the time Siep van den Berg was hospitalized. He barely could walk but sketched almost everyday and made some personal notes on the back of these sketches. One of these struck me. Because I know the painting COMPOSITION WITH BLUE well and had met Siep van den Berg at the time he was exhibiting at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I concluded that this must have stuck in his mind, because there are some similarities between the 2. The collage is now available at www.ftn-books.com or please inquire at wilfriedvandenelshout@gmail.com.
left Mondrian / right Siep van den Berg
