Hendrik Jan Wolter artwork • painting • previously for sale A canal in Amsterdam near the Schreierstoren
Hendrik Jan Wolter
Amsterdam 1873-1952 Amersfoort
1873-1952
A canal in Amsterdam near the Schreierstoren
oil on panel 37.2 x 43.5 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Gemst Art Galery, Montreal, Canada.
Literature: Maarten Jager, 'Op reis met Hendrik Jan Wolter (1873-1952)', Amersfoort 2010, afb. in kleur pag. 55.
Exhibited: Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 'Op reis met Hendrik Jan Wolter', 27 maart-20 juni 2010.
Hendrik Jan Wolter is one of the early Dutch Luminists, together with Jan Toorop, Leo Gestel and others. During his studies at the academy of Antwerp he got acquainted with the work of Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley and became friends with the Belgian Luminist Emile Claus. In 1899, after he returned to the Netherlands, he chose the sunlight as the main theme for his paintings. Hendrik Jan Wolter often painted in fast, short but apt brushstrokes, making use of the ‘white’ of the canvas in a surprising way.
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