August van Voorden artwork • painting • previously for sale View of the Oostplein with windmill 'De Noord', Rotterdam
August van Voorden
Rotterdam 1881-1921
1881-1921
View of the Oostplein with windmill 'De Noord', Rotterdam
oil on canvas 75.3 x 140.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1905
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: veiling Die Haghe, Den Haag, 23 nov. 1921, lotnr. 227 (met afb.); veiling Vendu Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 24 maart 1966, lotnr. 234 (met afb.); coll. D.A. Kramer.
Literature: Marc Couwenbergh, 'Werkpaarden en dienstmeiden. Het Rotterdam van August Willem van Voorden 1881-1921’, Venlo 2006, pag. 68, afb. 66 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Rotterdam, Historisch Museum Rotterdam, 'Werkpaarden en dienstmeiden. Het Rotterdam van August Willem van Voorden 1881-1921’, 9 mei-27 aug. 2006.
August van Voorden, a student of the Rotterdam Academy, was called the 'Rotterdam Breitner' because of his subjects and powerful touch. Popular themes were Rotterdam street life, the ships in the harbour and the large pile-driving works that could be seen everywhere in the rapidly expanding city. He also painted landscapes, including near Kortenhoef. In his cityscapes, touches of bright colour form a refined counterbalance to the Dutch gray atmosphere.
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