George Willem Opdenhoff artwork • painting • for sale Sailing ships on rough seas
George Willem Opdenhoff
Fulda (Duitsland) 1807-1873 Den Haag
1807-1873
Sailing ships on rough seas
oil on panel 14.6 x 23.4 cm, signed l.l.
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 2,200
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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