Everhardus Koster artwork • painting • previously for sale Regatta on the IJ, Amsterdam
Everhardus Koster
Den Haag 1817-1892 Dordrecht
1817-1892
Regatta on the IJ, Amsterdam
oil on panel 41.6 x 62.3 cm, signed l.l. and painted between 1846-1847
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 10 sept. (met afb. in kleur); Marjan van Heteren, Merel van den Nieuwenhof, 'Kruseman. Kunstbroeders uit de Romantiek', Zwolle/Oss/Alkmaar 2014, pag. 156, afb. 75 (in kleur).
Everhardus Koster began lessons in draughtsmanship under B.J. van Hove at the age of 16 as part of his training to become a marine engineer. Van Hove however thought he had the potential to be a painter and Koster took his advice. He went on to become a skilled painter and watercolourist of seascapes and riverscapes. Contemporaries even called him ‘the Cuyp of our times’. Many of Koster’s works were sold to buyers in Germany and England.
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