August Allebé artwork • painting • previously for sale The Saint-Joris Guild in Dongen
August Allebé
Amsterdam 1838-1927
1838-1927
The Saint-Joris Guild in Dongen
oil on panel 43.7 x 62.7 cm, signed l.r. and m.r. with monogram and dated twice '66
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. J. Bielders; veiling C.M. van Gogh, Amsterdam, 4 nov. 1890, lotnr. 1; coll. J.H. Bangert; veiling C.F. de Roos & Co., Amsterdam, 17 mei 1893, lotnr. 1 (met afb.).
Literature: 'Journal des Beaux-Arts' 8 (1866), pag. 252; 'Dagblad van Zuid-Holland en 's-Gravenhage', 12 juni 1866; 'Algemeen Handelsblad', 20 juni 1866; 'De Nederlandsche Spectator' 26, 30 juni 1866; 'Kunstkronijk' 8 (1867), pag. 55, 59; C. Vosmaer, 'August Allebé' in: 'Onze hedendaagse schilders', deel II, Amsterdam 1884, pag. 2; A.G.C. van Duyl, 'August Allebé', 'Elseviers Geillustreerd Maandschrift' 2 (1896), deel 12, pag. 488; A.G.C. van Duyl, ‘August Allebé’ in: 'Het Schildersboek', Amsterdam 1900, pag. 58; C. Vosmaer, 'August Allebé', 'De Amsterdammer' 8 januari 1905, pag. 7-8; A. Plasschaert, 'Korte geschiedenis der Hollandsche schilderkunst van af de Haagsche school tot op den tegenwoordigen tijd', Amsterdam 1923, pag. 76; J. Knoef, 'August Allebé', ongepubliceerd typescript verz. RKD , Den Haag, pag. 32, 87, 88-89, 102; W. Loos, C. van Tuyll van Serooskerken, ''Waarde heer Allebé'. Leven en werk van August Allebé (1838-1927)', Zwolle 1988, pag. 100, afb. 80, pag. 165, cat.nr. 67; Ron Dirven, Hanna Klarenbeek, 'Schilders van Dongen', Schiedam 2008, pag. 44, afb. 48, pag. 45.
Exhibited: Den Haag, 'Tentoonstelling van Levende Meesters', 1866, nr. 3; Brussel, 'Exposition Générale des Beaux-Arts', nr. 6; Stedelijk Museum Breda, ‘Het sprookje van Dongen - Een schildersdorp in de 19e eeuw’, 12 okt. 2019-26 jan. 2020.
August Allebé made his name first and foremost as a professor and director of Amsterdam's Rijksacademie. From 1880 onwards, a new generation of painters, which included the Impressionists G.H. Breitner, I.L. Israels and G. Rueter, developed under his inspiring leadership. Allebé himself was skilled at drawing and painting anecdotal genre pieces, portraits, floral still lifes and animal studies in the Artis zoo. From Amsterdam he took several study trips, mostly in summer, to cities including Andernach and Brussels.
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