Leo Gestel
(1881–1941) Dutch painter (1881-1941)
Leo Gestel (Netherlands, 1881–1941) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Leo Gestel belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
Leo Gestel was born in Bergen and died in Hilversum. Leo Gestel trained at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The teachers included Nicolaas van der Waay and August Allebé. Wikidata associates Leo Gestel with Expressionism.
The catalogue has 12 works by Leo Gestel with free images. The dated works span the years 1908–1915. Works by Leo Gestel are held by several collections, among them Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Kröller-Müller Museum, and Groninger Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Herman Kruyder, Abraham Anshelovich Manievich, Clifford Warren Ashley, Jan Sluijters, and Pierre Paulus.