Jacob Maris artwork • painting • for sale A Dutch harbour town (Dordrecht)
Jacob Maris
Den Haag 1837-1899 Karlsbad (Tsjechië, v/h Oostenrijk-Hongarije)
1837-1899
A Dutch harbour town (Dordrecht)
oil on canvas 41.5 x 49.0 cm, signed l.r. and to be dated ca. 1890
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 33,000
Provenance: coll. Jacob R.H. Neervoort van de Poll, Rijsenburg/Amsterdam; veiling Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 29 nov. 1921, lotnr. 22.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Eere-Tentoonstelling Jacob Maris', 1899, cat.nr. 39 (als: 'Stadsgezicht (1890)'); Th. de Bock, 'Jacob Maris. Met 90 photogravures naar zijne werken en zijn portret naar M. van der Maarel', Amsterdam 1902-1903, afb. pag. 179; tent.cat. 's-Gravenhage, Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, 'Zomertentoonstelling Haagse School', 1971, pag. 15, nr. 22; Pieter A. Scheen, 'Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750-1880', 's-Gravenhage 1981, afb. 506.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, febr. 1892, nr. 14; Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, 'Eere-Tentoonstelling Jacob Maris', dec. 1899-1900; 's-Gravenhage, Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, 'Zomertentoonstelling Haagse School', 1971.
Jacob Maris was a major painter of the Hague School. More than any other artist he was able to capture the silver grey tones of an overcast Dutch day and combine these with dark browns, ochres and a single daub of colour. He painted chiefly landscapes, cityscapes and beach scenes. Influenced by the Barbizon School, he painted directly from nature. He achieved great success internationally and his work was sold in Scotland and the United States.
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