George Willem Opdenhoff artwork • painting • previously for sale Moored boats near a harbour's entrance
George Willem Opdenhoff
Fulda (Duitsland) 1807-1873 Den Haag
1807-1873
Moored boats near a harbour's entrance
oil on canvas 70.8 x 97.9 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit Frankrijk.
Literature: tent.cat. Ede, Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 'Onsterfelijk Schoon. De landschappen van Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) en zijn leerlingen', 2005, afb. in kleur pag. 54.
Exhibited: Ede, Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 'Onsterfelijk Schoon. De landschappen van Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) en zijn leerlingen', 27 jan.-13 maart 2005.
Opdenhoff was the only one of Andreas Schelfhout’s pupils who solely painted seascapes. The influence of J.C. Schotel, who previously taught him, is probably the reason for this. It was from him that he learned about various types of ships and their distinctive rigging as well as practising how to paint choppy waters. By Schelfhout he was taught the balanced division of motifs across the canvas and diagonal composition. Certainly, whenever he took what his mentors taught him seriously, he attained a high artistic level with his splendidly detailed harbour, sea and river views.
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