Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer artwork • painting • previously for sale Elegant ladies at Scheveningen beach
Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer
Den Haag 1839-1902 Parijs
1839-1902
Elegant ladies at Scheveningen beach
oil on board 15.5 x 24.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated 'Scheveningen' Mai '71
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: nalatenschap van de kunstenaar; veiling Hôtel Drouot, Parijs, 'Atelier de feu F.-H. Kaemmerer', 25-27 nov. 1902; Robert Noortman, Maastricht; part. bezit Nederland (mw. I. Schreuder-Tjoa).
Literature: vgl.: Tiny de Liefde-van Brakel, 'Tussen Katwijk en Parijs. David Adolphe Constant Artz 1837-1890', Katwijk 2001, pag. 37, afb. 26 (in kleur, met dezelfde twee meisjes); tent.cat. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 'Nederlanders in Parijs 1789-1914', Bussum 2017, pag. 143 en pag. 147, afb. 133 (in kleur); tent.cat. Parijs, Petit Palais, 'Les Hollandais à Paris 1789-1914, Van Gogh, Van Dongen, Mondrian', pag. 146 en pag. 147, afb. 133 (in kleur); tent.cat. Alkersum (Föhr), '10 Jahre MKdW - Meisterwerke', 1 aug.- 2019-12 jan. 2020, pag. 296, cat.nr. 104 (met afb. in kleur).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 'Nederlanders in Parijs 1789-1914, Van Spaendonck, Jongkind, Van Gogh, Van Dongen, Mondriaan', 13 okt. 2017-7 jan. 2018; Parijs, Petit Palais, 'Les Hollandais à Paris 1789-1914, Van Gogh, Van Dongen, Mondrian', 6 febr.-13 mei 2018; Den Haag, Panorama Mesdag, 'Storm', 19 nov. 2018-3 maart 2019; tent.cat. Alkersum (Föhr), '10 Jahre MKdW - Meisterwerke', 1 aug.- 2019-12 jan. 2020.
Born in The Hague in 1839, Kaemmerer, a pupil of S.L. Verveer, spent the greater part of his life living and working in Paris. He specialized in painting landscapes, later turning to genre paintings in an 18th century French setting. He achieved particular success with his depictions of elegant ladies. His contemporaries idealized the 18th century as a period of luxury, refinement and courteous behaviour.
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