Frederik Marinus Kruseman artwork • painting • previously for sale A winter landscape at sunset
Frederik Marinus Kruseman
Haarlem 1816-1882 Sint-Gillis (Brussel)
1816-1882
A winter landscape at sunset
oil on panel 39.3 x 52.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1842
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Henk Dinkelaar e.a., 'Wijnand Nuijen en zijn vrienden. Speurtocht in de Hollandse romantiek', 1993, pag. 37, afb. 2.22 (in kleur); Marjan van Heteren, Jan de Meere, 'Frederik Marinus Kruseman (1816-1882). Painter of Pleasing Landscapes', Schiedam, 1998, pag. 164, catnr. 8, afb. in kleur pag. 49; Marjan van Heteren, Merel van den Nieuwenhof, 'Kruseman. Kunstbroeders uit de Romantiek', Zwolle/Oss/Alkmaar 2014, pag. 102, afb. 52 (in kleur).
Exhibited: 'Kruseman. Kunstbroeders uit de Romantiek', Oss, Museum Jan Kunen, 14. dec. 2014-30 maart 2015/ Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 18 april-2 aug. 2015.
Kruseman learned from B.C. Koekkoek how to compose a romantic landscape. Having been trained by N.J. Roosenboom and Jan van Ravenswaaij, Kruseman went to Kleve, Germany, in 1837 to perfect the art of painting under B.C. Koekkoek. A frozen canal with skaters, walkers on a towpath, a small picturesque castle and jagged bare trees are all recurring motifs in Kruseman’s winter scenes. He also painted dreamy summer landscapes with finely elaborated trees and populated with cattle and a few simple hunters and peasants.
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