Karel Klinkenberg artwork • painting • previously for sale A view of the Steigersgracht, Rotterdam
Karel Klinkenberg
Den Haag 1852-1924
1852-1924
A view of the Steigersgracht, Rotterdam
oil on panel 23.9 x 32.1 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
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.