Floris Arntzenius artwork • painting • for sale Children's portrait
Floris Arntzenius
Soerabaja (Indonesië, v/h Nederlands-Indië) 1864-1925 Den Haag
1864-1925
Children's portrait
oil on canvas 58.2 x 44.2 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1907
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 25,000 - € 50,000
Provenance: coll. Els Arntzenius; coll. Rob de Nijs en Belinda Meuldijk, door vererving in bezit gekomen van de huidige eigenaar (part. bezit Schiedam).
Literature: Dolf Welling, 'Floris Arntzenius', Den Haag 1992, afb. in kleur pag. 67; Gerard de Kleijn, 'Floris Arntzenius en zijn passies', Gouda 2017, afb. in kleur pag. 11.
Exhibited: 23 maart 2015-16 aug. 2020 in langdurig bruikleen Museum Gouda, inv.nr. 25419; Museum Gouda, 'Oog voor detail', 21 febr. 2016-29 jan. 2017; Museum Gouda, 'Floris Arntzenius en zijn passies', 19 febr.-18 juni 2017.
Floris Arntzenius trained at the Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, along with Isaac Israels, Willem Witsen and G.H. Breitner, whose impressionist style of painting he hugely admired. After a further year’s study at the academy in Antwerp, the painter concentrated on painting landscapes and city scenes. He only gained real success with his work when he moved to The Hague and began painting spontaneous impressions of the city’s bustling life, preferably in misty or rainy conditions. He also painted landscapes, beaches with figures and portraits.
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