Hendrik Willem Mesdag artwork • painting • previously for sale Returning from the fishing grounds
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Groningen 1831-1915 Den Haag
1831-1915
Returning from the fishing grounds
oil on canvas 50.7 x 40.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated 190(..)
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: veiling Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 27 okt. 1997, lotnr. 249; part. bezit Nederland, H.E. Bosma; Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede, 2006; part. coll. Nederland, C.A.C. van Well. De opbrengst van verkoop komt ten gunste van Stichting Van Well-Nijhof, Barchum. Stichtingvanwellnijhof.nl De Stichting van Well-Nijhof is opgericht op 30 september 1998 door de heer C.A.C. van Well en mevrouw H.M.van Well-Nijhof. De Stichting heeft tot doel het Achterhoekse coulisselandschap in stand te houden en een bijdrage te leveren aan het behoud van de inrichting van de streek.
Literature: Johan Poort, 'Hendrik Willem Mesdag 1831-1915. Oeuvrecatalogus Supplement', Wassenaar 1997, pag. 66, cat.nr. 2013.35 (met afb.); Johan Poort, 'Hendrik Willem Mesdag 1831-1915. Oeuvrecatalogus in beeld', Wassenaar 2001, pag. 41, cat.nr. 2013.35 (met afb.). Stichting Mesdag Documentatie, ir J. Poort, inv.nr. 2013.35.
H.W. Mesdag was the seascape painter of The Hague School. He chose the painting profession relatively late in life. Having first lived in Oosterbeek and Brussels he settled in The Hague in 1869, where he was instantly captivated by the beach, sea and lives of the fishermen in nearby Scheveningen. Using quick, informal brushstrokes and an infinite variety of browns, golds and greys he applied these motifs to the canvas. Mesdag produced a large body of work, as if wanting to make up for his lost time. His work was very popular in France and won awards at the Paris Salon on more than one occasion.
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