Floris Arntzenius artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Sweet Williams in a glass vase
Floris Arntzenius
Soerabaja (Indonesië, v/h Nederlands-Indië) 1864-1925 Den Haag
1864-1925
Sweet Williams in a glass vase
watercolour on paper 45.6 x 40.2 cm, signed l.r. and on the reverse and painted ca. 1920
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Lide Arntzenius-Doorman, Den Haag, echtgenote van de schilder; mevrouw C.A. Arntzenius, Den Haag, dochter van de schilder.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Aquarellen', 1934, cat.nr. 1; tent.cat. 'Floris Arntzenius. Het Haagse leven van gisteren', Den Haag/Laren 1969, cat.nr. 111.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Aquarellen', 1934; 'Floris Arntzenius. Het Haagse leven van gisteren', Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, 19 juli-7 sept. 1969/Laren, Singer Memorial Foundation, 18 okt.-30 nov. 1969.
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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