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Johan Mengels Culverhouseartist • painterRotterdam 1820- ca. 1891 Philadelphia (Verenigde Staten)

biography of Johan Mengels Culverhouse

The romantic painters' fascination with the mysterious forces of nature led to the revival of the 17th-century genre of the nightscape, also known as the 'nocturne', in the mid-19th century. For an almost insatiable market, painters such as Petrus van Schendel, J.C. Vaarberg, H.G. ten Cate and Theodorus Abels painted moonlit landscapes and nocturnal markets in which candlelight and open fire were the only light source. Johan Mengels Culverhouse also belonged to this group of night painters. Inns, candlelit interiors, and nighttime market scenes are among his most beloved works. The painter was born in Rotterdam in 1820, left for Paris in 1861 and then traveled on to the United States, where he died around 1891.


for salepaintings by Johan Mengels Culverhouse


Johan Mengels Culverhouse | Chess players by candle light, oil on panel, 26.8 x 21.3 cm, signed l.l. and dated '64

Johan Mengels Culverhouse

painting • for sale

Chess players by candle light


previously for salepaintings by Johan Mengels Culverhouse


Johan Mengels Culverhouse | Card players by candlelight, oil on panel, 23.6 x 31.2 cm, signed l.r.

Johan Mengels Culverhouse

painting • previously for sale

Card players by candlelight

Johan Mengels Culverhouse | Evening market, oil on canvas, 40.3 x 60.2 cm, signed l.r. and painted 1877

Johan Mengels Culverhouse

painting • previously for sale

Evening market


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