The Cultureinside gallery in Luxembourg City has announced that due to high interest, the exhibition "Jacques Nestlé: Abstract Art in the 1950s" has been extended until 4 June 2016.
The exhibition was inaugurated on 17 March 2016 and was due to remain open until last Saturday, but popular demand has prompted the gallery to keep the exhibition on display.
The exhibition highlights the creations of Saarbrucken-born postwar painter Jacques Nestlé, who was greatly influenced by the Bauhaus movement and was encouraged in his work by Henri Matisse. This inspiration can be discerned in the similarities between Nestle's nudes and the nude curves of Matisse. Although his pieces may be likened to those of Kandinsky, Mondrian or Miró, Nestlé's use of fluctuating and shimmering black adds his own personal imprint on his work.
"Genius is the moment when art emerges in an instant of creation," Nestlé said. "And then, it belongs to all times, present and future, reflecting the artist struck by an irrepressible desire to paint outside of rationalisation."
