Karel Klinkenberg artwork • painting • for sale A summerly view of the Voorhaven in Delfshaven, Rotterdam
Karel Klinkenberg
Den Haag 1852-1924
1852-1924
A summerly view of the Voorhaven in Delfshaven, Rotterdam
oil on canvas 39.8 x 53.4 cm, signed l.r.
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 50,000 - € 100,000
Provenance: coll. Simonis & Buunk, Ede, 1985; part. bezit Nederland, 1985-2011.
Literature: H.C. de Bruyn, 'Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg', 'Tableau' 3 (1986), pag. 78; Willem Laanstra, 'Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg (1852-1924), 'de meester van het zonnige stadsgezicht'', Laren 2000, pag. 129, cat.nr. O/39,5-9 (met afb. in kleur)
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.
© Simonis & Buunk
