Albert Roelofs artwork • painting • previously for sale Tjieke seated at a table
Albert Roelofs
Schaarbeek (België) 1877-1920 Den Haag
1877-1920
Tjieke seated at a table
oil on canvas 48.3 x 60.3 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1914
This painting was previously for sale.
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 he painted landscapes, but he gradually 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.