Hendrik Jan Wolter artwork • painting • for sale Skaters on the Boerenwetering, Amsterdam
Hendrik Jan Wolter
Amsterdam 1873-1952 Amersfoort
1873-1952
Skaters on the Boerenwetering, Amsterdam
oil on canvas 40.5 x 60.6 cm, signed l.r. and carries studiostamp on the reverse and painted ca 1915
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 57,000
Provenance: atelier H.J. Wolter, Laren.
Literature: tent.cat. Parijs, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, 'Wolter 1873-1952, le maître Hollandais', 1959, cat.nr. 3 (met afb. in kleur); tent.cat. Laren, Singer Museum, 'Wolter 1873-1952. Schilderijen – Tekeningen', 1959, cat.nr. 3 (met afb. in kleur); tent.cat. Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, '100 jaar Hendrik Jan Wolter', 1973, pag. 17, cat.nr. 41, afb. in kleur pag. 11; Carole Denninger, 'Amsterdam – 365 stadsgezichten’, Bussum 2008, nr. 346 (met afb. in kleur); Maarten Jager, 'Op reis met Hendrik Jan Wolter (1873-1952)', Amersfoort 2010, afb. in kleur pag. 77.
Exhibited: Parijs, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, 'Wolter 1873-1952, le maître Hollandais', febr.-maart 1959; Laren, Singer Museum, 'Wolter 1873-1952. Schilderijen - Tekeningen', april 1959; Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, '100 jaar Hendrik Jan Wolter', 9 mei-27 mei 1973; Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 'Op reis met Hendrik Jan Wolter', 27 maart-20 juni 2010; Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 'Wolter & Water', 2 dec. 2023-1 april 2024.
Hendrik Jan Wolter is counted among the early Dutch luminists, to which Jan Toorop also belonged. During his studies at the Antwerp academy, Wolter became acquainted with the work of Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley and became friends with the Belgian luminist Emile Claus. Returning to our country in 1899, he chose the representation of sunlight as the main theme of his paintings. Wolter often painted quickly, with short, sharp brushstrokes, sometimes using the white of the canvas.
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