George Hendrik Breitner artwork • painting • previously for sale The Singel, Amsterdam
George Hendrik Breitner
Rotterdam 1857-1923 Amsterdam
1857-1923
The Singel, Amsterdam
oil on canvas 80.5 x 70.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1895-1901
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. K.K. van Hoffen, Utrecht, vermoedelijk in 1901 verworven op de 'Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner' bij Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam; veiling Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 'Collection K.K. van Hoffen', 31 okt. 1916, lotnr. 166; part. coll. Den Haag; veiling Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 27 nov. 1917, lotnr. 1417 (fl 1.025); part. bezit; prof. H.A. Kaag (1897-1970), Tilburg, daarna door vererving in bezit gekomen van diens dochter.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner', 1901, cat.nr. 15.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner', nov. 1901-jan. 1902.
G.H. Breitner is an important impressionist painter of Amsterdam’s city views, setting down the street life onto canvas with bold, sweeping brushstrokes. He settled in the capital in 1886. Breitner also painted figures, nudes and military subjects – he was fascinated by horses and their riders. He etched as well but was a major Impressionist chiefly in his watercolours.
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