Floris Arntzenius artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Elegant bathers on the beach of Scheveningen
Floris Arntzenius
Soerabaja (Indonesië, v/h Nederlands-Indië) 1864-1925 Den Haag
1864-1925
Elegant bathers on the beach of Scheveningen
watercolour on paper 34.7 x 53.9 cm, signed l.l. and painted 1904-1906
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Floris Arntzenius trained at the Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, along with Isaac Israels, Willem Witsen and G.H. Breitner, whose impressionist style of painting he hugely admired. After a further year’s study at the academy in Antwerp, the painter concentrated on painting landscapes and city scenes. He only gained real success with his work when he moved to The Hague and began painting spontaneous impressions of the city’s bustling life, preferably in misty or rainy conditions. He also painted landscapes, beaches with figures and portraits.