Jan Weissenbruch artwork • painting • previously for sale The Grote Markt, Haarlem, with St. Bavokerk and meat-market
Jan Weissenbruch
Den Haag 1822-1880
1822-1880
The Grote Markt, Haarlem, with St. Bavokerk and meat-market
oil on panel 19.0 x 14.9 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: veiling Frederik Muller, Amsterdam (datum en lotnr. onbekend); Kunsthandel Jüngeling, Amsterdam, 1943; veiling Vendue Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 30-31 maart 1938, lotnr. 267 (met afb.); kunsthandel E.E. Huisman, Den Haag.
Literature: Kunstkronijk, 1868, afb. (lithografie) t.o. pag. 46.
Jan Weissenbruch was one of the key exponents of realism in Dutch landscape painting in the 1850s and 60s. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and afterwards concentrated specifically on painting scenes from street life in the Netherlands’ old cities, and in towns situated on the major rivers. Although Weissenbruch’s work is rooted in the romantic tradition, he is gradually moving away from this style, favouring a more impressionistic approach. He has an eye for light and atmosphere, aspects that were further developed by the artists of the Hague School.
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