André Broedelet artwork • painting • previously for sale Shrove Tuesday
André Broedelet
Jakarta (v/h Batavia) 1872-1936 Leiden
1872-1936
Shrove Tuesday
oil on canvas 68.2 x 111.0 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: De Larensche Kunsthandel, Rotterdam; part. bezit, Duitsland.
Literature: Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 20 feb. (met afb. in kleur).
André Broedelet was born in Batavia, attended the academy in The Hague (1889-1895) and then studied for a year with the portrait and genre painter Charles Verlat in Antwerp. He specialized in smoothly brushed, impressionistic flowers, portraits and genre pieces. From 1903 to 1908 he lived in Laren, where he painted many children.
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