Bart van Hove artwork • painting • previously for sale A town view in winter with frozen waterway
Bart van Hove
Den Haag 1790-1880
1790-1880
A town view in winter with frozen waterway
oil on panel 34.2 x 48.5 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. coll. Zuid-Duitsland.
Literature: Maartje de Haan e.a., 'Dwars door de stad: C. Springer, G.H. Breitner, F. Arntzenius en het negentiende-eeuwse stadsgezicht', Den Haag 2007, pag. 11, afb. 8 (in kleur); M. van Noort, 'Delfiana', in: 'Jaarboek Delfia Batavorum 2006', Delft 2007, pag. 161, afb. pag. 160 (in kleur); Michiel van der Mast, Tiny de Liefde-van Brakel, 'Tussen Fantasie en Werkelijkheid. De stadsgezichten van B.J. van Hove (1790-1880)', Den Haag/Venlo 2012, pag. 55, afb. 49 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Den Haag, Museum Mesdag, 'Dwars door de stad: Stadsgezichten uit de 19de eeuw, Floris Arntzenius als portretteur van Den Haag', 21 sept. 2007-6 jan. 2008; Den Haag, Haags Historisch Museum, 'Fantasie en Werkelijkheid. De stadsgezichten van B.J. van Hove', 28 jan.-29 april 2012.
A pupil of The Hague decoration painter J.H.A.A. Breckenheijmer, Van Hove later attended the town’s Academy of Drawing. In his time he was a leading painter of romantic townscapes in which fantasy played a dominant role. He also worked as a stage and set painter and in 1829 became the decorator of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schouwburg (former court theatre) in The Hague. Van Hove played a major role in 19th century painting through his many pupils, among whom were J. Bosboom, S. Verveer and H.J. Weissenbruch.
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