Jacob Maris artwork • painting • previously for sale Along the canal
Jacob Maris
Den Haag 1837-1899 Karlsbad (Tsjechië, v/h Oostenrijk-Hongarije)
1837-1899
Along the canal
oil on canvas 45.4 x 63.2 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: in 1896 op de 'Grosse Internationale Kunstausstellung' van Berlijn verworven voor de Berlijnse Nationalgalerie door directeur Hugo von Tschudi; coll. Nationalgalerie, Berlijn, aldaar in 1930 gekocht door Joop Siedenburg en Jacob Baart de la Faille voor kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen, Amsterdam; coll. fam. Van Voorst tot Voorst.
Literature: tent.cat. 'Maris Tentoonstelling', 's-Gravenhage, Gemeentemuseum/Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1935, pag. 39, cat.nr. 62; Sylvia Alting van Geusau e.a., ‘Schoonheid te koop. Kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen (1790-1951)’, Zwolle 2016, pag. 109, afb. 108.
Exhibited: Berlijn, Nationalgalerie, 'Grosse Internationale Kunstausstellung', 1896; 'Maris Tentoonstelling', 's-Gravenhage, Gemeentemuseum, 22 dec. 1935-2 febr. 1936/Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 8 febr.-8 maart 1936.
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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