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George Hendrik Breitnerartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsman • printmakerRotterdam 1857-1923 Amsterdam

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Portrait of artist, painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and printmaker George Hendrik Breitner

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G.H. Breitner is an important impressionist painter of Amsterdam’s city views, setting down the street life onto canvas with bold, sweeping brushstrokes. He settled in the capital in 1886. Breitner also painted figures, nudes and military subjects – he was fascinated by horses and their riders. He etched as well but was a major Impressionist chiefly in his watercolours.

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George Hendrik Breitner | Hussar on a horse, oil on panel, 30.8 x 42.2 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Hussar on a horse


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George Hendrik Breitner | Two women seated in front of a mirror, oil on panel, 31.5 x 41.2 cm, signed u.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Two women seated in front of a mirror

George Hendrik Breitner | The Singel, Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 80.5 x 70.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1895-1901

George Hendrik Breitner

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The Singel, Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | Dutch artillerymen on their horses, oil on panel, 30.5 x 43.3 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1897-1903

George Hendrik Breitner

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Dutch artillerymen on their horses

George Hendrik Breitner | Horse with towing line, oil on panel, 14.0 x 18.3 cm, signed l.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Horse with towing line

George Hendrik Breitner | The view from the painter’s studio on the Bickers island, Amsterdam, oil sketch on panel, 22.2 x 45.3 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1902-1905

George Hendrik Breitner

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The view from the painter’s studio on the Bickers island, Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | The blacksmith, oil on board, 17.0 x 15.1 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

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The blacksmith

George Hendrik Breitner | A cavalrist on horseback, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 37.3 x 26.6 cm, signed l.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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A cavalrist on horseback

George Hendrik Breitner | At the blacksmith's, oil on canvas, 50.0 x 75.4 cm, signed l.r. and dated '87

George Hendrik Breitner

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At the blacksmith's

George Hendrik Breitner | A street, Rotterdam, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 44.6 x 24.4 cm, signed l.l. and painted circa 1880

George Hendrik Breitner

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A street, Rotterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | A horsecar on the Nieuwe Brug, Damrak, oil on canvas, 52.3 x 92.3 cm, signed l.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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A horsecar on the Nieuwe Brug, Damrak

George Hendrik Breitner | View of the Paleisstraat/Singelbrug, Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 76.8 x 117.0 cm, signed l.l. and painted circa 1897

George Hendrik Breitner

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View of the Paleisstraat/Singelbrug, Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | A lady with a red coat, oil on panel, 39.5 x 29.0 cm, signed u.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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A lady with a red coat

George Hendrik Breitner | Excavation, oil on panel, 24.2 x 33.2 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Excavation

George Hendrik Breitner | A man and horse, oil on canvas, 22.5 x 40.8 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

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A man and horse

George Hendrik Breitner | A view of the Baanbrugsteeg, oil on canvas, 92.7 x 54.8 cm, signed l.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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A view of the Baanbrugsteeg

George Hendrik Breitner | Artillery, oil on canvas, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Artillery

George Hendrik Breitner | Artillery horses resting, oil on panel, 26.0 x 40.0 cm, signed l.l.

George Hendrik Breitner

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Artillery horses resting

George Hendrik Breitner | A snowy canal in Amsterdam, aquatint, 39.8 x 61.0 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

prints & multiples • previously for sale

A snowy canal in Amsterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | Alley in Rotterdam with laundress, watercolour on paper, 39.1 x 25.7 cm, signed l.l. and dated '80

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Alley in Rotterdam with laundress

George Hendrik Breitner | Night market, pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, 24.0 x 36.5 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1880-1884

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Night market

George Hendrik Breitner | Still life of roses, black chalk and watercolour on paper, 26.3 x 37.6 cm

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Still life of roses

George Hendrik Breitner | An alley in Rotterdam, watercolour on paper, 51.8 x 27.8 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1880

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

An alley in Rotterdam

George Hendrik Breitner | An elegant woman, seated; verso: two figures boys in the breakers, watercolour on paper, 53.6 x 34.9 cm, signed r.c. and on the reverse

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

An elegant woman, seated; verso: two figures boys in the breakers

George Hendrik Breitner | Two servants busy talking, black chalk on paper, 23.5 x 16.5 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Two servants busy talking

George Hendrik Breitner | Mounted guard, watercolour on paper, 34.4 x 53.6 cm, signed l.r.

George Hendrik Breitner

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Mounted guard


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