Hendrik Willem Mesdag artwork • painting • for sale Dune landscape with cattle
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Groningen 1831-1915 Den Haag
1831-1915
Dune landscape with cattle
oil on canvas laid down on board 30.6 x 38.4 cm
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 7,500
Provenance: atelier H.W. Mesdag; Panorama Mesdag, Den Haag, inventarisatie april 1917, inv.nr. 268 (als 'schets H.W. Mesdag'); part. bezit Duitsland.
Literature: Johan Poort, 'Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). Oeuvrecatalogus Supplement', Wassenaar 1997, pag. 95, cat.nr. 2041.13 (met afb.).
H.W. Mesdag was the seascape painter of The Hague School. He chose the painting profession relatively late in life. Having first lived in Oosterbeek and Brussels he settled in The Hague in 1869, where he was instantly captivated by the beach, sea and lives of the fishermen in nearby Scheveningen. Using quick, informal brushstrokes and an infinite variety of browns, golds and greys he applied these motifs to the canvas. Mesdag produced a large body of work, as if wanting to make up for his lost time. His work was very popular in France and won awards at the Paris Salon on more than one occasion.
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