Karel Klinkenberg artwork • painting • previously for sale A view of the Grote Markt in The Hague with two women in 'Zuid-Holland' costume
Karel Klinkenberg
Den Haag 1852-1924
1852-1924
A view of the Grote Markt in The Hague with two women in 'Zuid-Holland' costume
oil on canvas 82.1 x 144.0 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: veiling Gratama, Leeuwarden, 29 nov. 1904, lotnr. 33; veiling Roos, Amsterdam, 25-26 febr. 1908, lotnr. 87 (met afb.); Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 1909-1966, inv.nr. 161; veiling S.J. Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 24 mei 1966, lotnr. 280 (met afb.); Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, Den Haag, 1967; part. bezit Wenen.
Literature: Pieter A. Scheen, 'Lexicon der Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950', Den Haag 1969, afb. 309 (in kleur); C. Stolwijk, 'Uit de Schilderswereld. Nederlandse kunstschilders in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw', Leiden 1998, pag. 248, afb. 75; W. Laanstra, 'Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg (1852-1924), 'de meester van het zonnige stadsgezicht'', Laren 2000, pag. 201, cat.nr. O/82-1 (met afb. in kleur).
Exhibited: Hoorn, Westfries Museum, 'Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg 1852-1924', 29 maart-7 mei 2000.
J.C.K. Klinkenberg, a pupil of J.H.L. Meijer and C. Bisschop, specialized in painting historic city views, often sundrenched and reflected in the water of a canal or inland harbour. His contemporaries admired the effect of sunlight in his paintings: a strong, dazzling light that powerfully lit up the red bricks and white sandstone of the old Dutch gables. Countless Dutch cities were immortalised by him. The topographical representation and impressionist manner with which Klinkenberg recorded townscapes give him a worthy place in the rich tradition of Dutch architecture painting.
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