Bernard te Gempt artwork • painting • previously for sale A dog with puppies
Bernard te Gempt
Batenburg 1826-1879 Amsterdam
1826-1879
A dog with puppies
oil on panel 17.7 x 23.1 cm, signed u.r. and dated 1860
This painting was previously for sale.
Exhibited: Tent.: Museum Nairac Barneveld, ‘Natte neuzen en fluwelen pootjes. Dierportretten 19e eeuw', 1998. Najaarstentoonstelling 1997.
Animal painter, especially of dogs, and student of Nicolaas Pieneman. Animal painting as a separate genre arose in the second half of the 19th century. Before, animals only played a minor role as the upholstery of other genres, such as landscapes and portraits. Dogs, cats, but also rabbits and other small animals were accurately depicted in the animal painting and they were often given human emotions and character traits. Other animal painters included Conradijn Cunaeus and Henriëtte Ronner-Knip. Te Gempt's work hangs in the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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