Albert Roelofs artwork • painting • previously for sale Elegant lady
Albert Roelofs
Schaarbeek (België) 1877-1920 Den Haag
1877-1920
Elegant lady
oil on panel 61.0 x 49.7 cm, signed u.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel P.J. Zurcher, Den Haag; Veiling Frascati, Amsterdam, 1 april 1919, lot 491 (met afb.); Den Haag, Kunsthandel P.A. Scheen.
Exhibited: Den Haag, Kunsthandel P.J. Zürcher, Villa Erica, Tentoonstelling van werken van Albert Roelofs, 1-30 juni 1909, nr. 26; Den Haag, Museum Mesdag, 'Interieur met dame', 23 nov. 2001-10 maart 2002; Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, 'Interieur met dame', 9 juni-8 sept. 2002.
Albert Roelofs was born in Brussels in 1877, the son of the famous landscape artist Willem Roelofs. After some initial drawing and painting lessons by his father, he attended the academy in The Hague from 1893. Three years later he returned to his native city. Initially, the young Roelofs mainly painted still lifes, then he developed a preference for genre paintings and portraits. His most loyal model was his wife, Tjieke, who inspired him to produce countless figure paintings that speak of intimate and homely happiness. His work was especially popular among the Belgian bourgeoisie.
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