Louis Meijer artwork • painting • for sale Outgoing lifeboat
Louis Meijer
Amsterdam 1809-1866 Utrecht
1809-1866
Outgoing lifeboat
oil on panel 85.0 x 130.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1857
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 30,000
Provenance: Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede, 2000; coll. Mijndert Pon, Nijkerk (1931-2014), daarna door vererving in bezit gekomen van zijn familie.
Literature: Graddy Boven, Peter de Rijcke, 'De lokroep van de zee: 50 jaar Nederlandse Vereniging van Zeeschilders', Alkmaar 2003, afb. in kleur pag. 11.
Exhibited: Katwijk, Katwijks Museum, '200 jaar KNRM. Redders op zee', 14 april-25 aug. 2024.
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.
© Simonis & Buunk
