Jan Hendrik Weissenbruchartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsman • printmakerDen Haag 1824-1903
biography of Hendrik Johannes 'J.H.' Weissenbruch
Portrait of Hendrik Johannes 'J.H.' Weissenbruch
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch was born in The Hague in 1824. His family, which included painters, a lithographer and engravers, was considered artistic. His father also painted in his free time and collected paintings on a small scale by, among others, Andreas Schelfhout and Bart van Hove. That is why it seems likely that Weissenbruch, who showed artistic talent at a young age, spent apprenticeship in Van Hove's studio. In the following years, nature was close to The Hague, his field of work. The Dekkersduin in particular was one of his favourite spots for drawing and watercolour painting in the 1950s. He then moved into the polder, to the area around Boskoop and Gouda.
Known are the statements that Weissenbruch made about what he found important in nature. Light and air were the most decisive factors for a painting. They were his guideline for depicting atmosphere and space in a landscape from an early age and he dealt with this theme throughout his entire painting life. 'Painters can never look at the sky enough,' he once said. He also set out again for all species. 'When it storms and rains, when it thunders and lightning, I am in my element. You have to see nature in action. '(...)' When the showers cool down, a scribble is made with charcoal or black chalk to hold what you see. When working out, tone and color are automatically remembered. 'In Augsutus 1875 he discovered the pristine lake area around Nieuwkoop and Noorden. The landscape made a big impression on him. He would go there a lot afterwards, partly because he found the space and directness of nature now that his beloved places near The Hague were rapidly changing into new-build neighborhoods.
Just like Anton Mauve, he began to paint more freely and loosely in the course of his career, making the essence of the landscape even more striking than in a detailed painting. This is also well reflected in his watercolors. For Weissenbruch, the watercolor technique was pre-eminently the medium to display the solid Dutch cloud skies or the atmospheric hues in a water-rich and damp landscape. He achieved great success both at home and abroad. Only late in his life, in 1900, did he make a trip to the French Barbizon. Possibly as a kind of tribute to the painters with whom the new depiction of nature had begun. He died three years later.
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Windmills along polder canal near Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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The old farm
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Farm on the canal
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Peat landscape
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A Dutch landscape with cows in a meadow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Farm on the canal
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Windmills along polder canal near Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Stranded boats on the beach of Scheveningen at low tide
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape with sheep near Waalsdorp
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Ship on the beach of Zeeland
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows at a pollard willow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Fishing in the polder
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Laundry day
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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At the Nieuwkoopse Plassen
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Along the towpath
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape with stippling farmer and windmill
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landschape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Figures on a path near Noorden
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Towpath along a canal near Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Windmills in a polder landscape
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A farmhouse with drying laundry
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Horsemen near a puddle
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Fishing boats on the beach
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A fisherman in a barge in a polder landscape
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Windmills in a polder landscape
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Willows in a polder landscape
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A polder landscape on a rainy day
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A Dutch landscape with cows in a meadow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
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Cows in a polder landscape
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Peat polder
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A polder landscape between showers
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A Dutch landscape with cows
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Sunset near Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Washing day
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A view of the church of Nieuwkoop, The Netherlands
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Along the canal
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A farm among trees
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A peasant woman on a yard
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Moored along the canal
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A farm in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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The beach at Scheveningen
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Heavy weather before the Zeeland's coast
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Sailing boats in the polder
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Milking the cows
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Milking the cows
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Shell-gatherers on the beach at Scheveningen
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A moored barge in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A farm in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A farm among trees
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A sailing vessel
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows in a meadow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Laundress
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape with a fisherman in a barge
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape, Kortenhoef
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A dune landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Shell-gatherers on the beach
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A wooded landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Evening twilight, Leidschendam
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows in a meadow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A landscape with windmill
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Ducks on the riverbank
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A drawbridge, Nieuwkoop
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Forest
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Angler in a polder landscape
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A farm along a river
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Interior with 'Vrouwtje Waaiman', Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A summer landscape with cows grazing
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A village
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows in a landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Harbour activities
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Shell-gatherer on the beach
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape with a farm along a waterway
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape with windmills
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A yard
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A view of a pond by a farm
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows in a meadow
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A dune landscape with a windmill
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Lake near Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows resting at the Nieuwkoopse Plassen
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Sailing ships on the lake
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows on a path along the edge of a forest
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Meadow behind the dunes
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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The harbour of Zaandam
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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The Hanenburg farm, The Hague
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape near 'Cromvliet' along the 'Vliet', Rijswijk; on the reverse: Sailing ship at sea
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A farm in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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The windmills De Oude Meije and Nieuwe Ziende mill in the polder Nieuwkoop en Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Beach Scene
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Washday; a view from the painter's studio located on the Kazernestraat in The Hague
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows resting in a meadow near a haystack
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Polder landscape with windmills and cattle
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A sand drift
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Farm at the water's edge
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Wandelaarster in een zandverstuiving
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in an extensive landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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View of Dekkersduin (recto); study of trees (verso)
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A cow in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A farm by Noorden
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A windmill in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Cows in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A coastal scene
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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A barge in a polder landscape
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Along the 'trekvliet' near the Geestbrug
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Ship on the beach of Zeeland
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Along the towpath
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Fishing boats on the tide line
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Shell fisherman in the surf
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape with windmills
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape - sketch
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape with farmhouse near Dekkersduin, The Hague
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Farmhouses along a canal
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Homewards after the rain
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Sailboats along towpath at the Spaarne near Sparendam
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Polder landscape with windmill
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Landscape near 'Cromvliet' along the 'Vliet', Rijswijk; on the reverse: Sailing ship at sea
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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View over rooftops
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Baking a pancake
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
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Canal along the Benoordenhoutseweg near The Hague
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