Albert Roelofs artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Maid-servant with a blue ribbon
Albert Roelofs
Schaarbeek (België) 1877-1920 Den Haag
1877-1920
Maid-servant with a blue ribbon
watercolour on paper 20.8 x 15.6 cm, signed l.r. and painted 1901
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: rechtstreeks van de kunstenaar verworven door P. van de Wetering, Den Haag, 2 febr. 1902; coll. Emile Deletaille, Brussel.
Literature: Jan Juffermans, 'Albert Roelofs 1877-1920', Den Haag 1982, afb. 27 (in kleur), pag. 194, cat.nr. 27 en pag. 94, 'Verkoopboek', nr. 35.
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.
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