Nicolaas Warb (1906-1957)

Having a harmonious colour composition and a flowing rhythm of both curved and straight lines, the present paintings are characteristic of Nicolaas Warb’s abstract style. Upon moving to Paris, Warb befriended Georges Vantongerloo who initially guided her towards pure abstraction in art, yet it was her encounter with Goethe’s theory of colour perception that led her to loosen up and be guided by the intrinsic laws of colour. Convinced that her art was taken less serious because it was by the hand of a woman, Warb, whose genuine name is Sophia Elisabeth Warburg, adopted her husband’s surname and shortened her own.