Anton Mauve artwork • painting • previously for sale Milking-time
Anton Mauve
Zaandam 1838-1888 Arnhem
1838-1888
Milking-time
oil on canvas 51.4 x 82.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted circa 1862-1864
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Jeroen Kapelle e.a., 'Magie van de Veluwezoom', Arnhem 2006, pag. 118, afb. 69 (in kleur), pag. 120; afgebeeld in 'The Dutch Art Diary 2003' en Kunstagenda 2003.
Exhibited: Doorwerth, Museum Veluwezoom, 'Magie van de Veluwezoom: Het culturele leven tussen 1840 en 1900', 26 aug.-3 dec. 2006.
Anton Mauve is one of the foremost painters of the Hague School. He received his training from the animal painters P.F. van Os and Wouterus Verschuur. He also worked for a time in the Gelderland village of Oosterbeek with P.J.C. Gabriel. In his paintings he combines landscape and animals. After some wanderings he settled in The Hague in 1871. Later he moved to Laren, where he painted the heathland with herds of woolly sheep melting into the silver grey tones of the landscape. One of his favourite spots was an area of waste land situated just outside Laren, which later became known as the Mauve Sands.
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