Louis Meijer artwork • painting • previously for sale Hoisting the sails at the pier
Louis Meijer
Amsterdam 1809-1866 Utrecht
1809-1866
Hoisting the sails at the pier
oil on panel 79.8 x 110.5 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. Jef Rademakers, Brasschaat, België.
Literature: Peter Carpreau e.a., 'Een Romantische Kijk: De Rademakers Collectie', Brussel 2011, pag. 110, cat.nr. 50 (met afb. in kleur); Jef Rademakers en Guido de Werd, 'Een Romantische Reis: Meesterwerken uit de Rademakers collectie/A Romantic Journey: Masterpieces from the Rademakers Collection', Eindhoven 2014, pag. 165, cat.nr. 65 (met afb.).
Exhibited: 'Een Romantische Kijk', Sint-Petersburg, Rusland, State Hermitage Museum, 29 okt. 2010-6 febr. 2011/Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, 26 maart-5 juni 2011/Leuven, België, M-Museum, 24 juni-4 sept. 2011/Kleef, Duitsland, B.C. Koekkoek-Huis, 25 sept. 2011-29 jan. 2012; Helsinki, Finland, Sinebrychoff Museum of Art, 26 sept. 2012-13 jan. 2013; 'Een Romantische Reis/A Romantic Journey', Luxembourg, Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art/’s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, 3 april 2014-25 jan. 2015.
In his youth Louis Meijer painted woodland scenes, landscapes and ice scenes. After a period in Paris from 1842 to 1846, he visited the Mediterranean before settling in The Hague and concentrating on marine painting with boats. He is best known for his depictions of transparent water and the reflection of light and sun on waves. Sometimes he clearly painted French ship types. Meijer had many pupils and was one of the 19th century’s leading Dutch marine painters.
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