Mari ten Kate artwork • painting • previously for sale The young art lover
Mari ten Kate
Den Haag 1831-1910 Driebergen
1831-1910
The young art lover
oil on panel 14.9 x 21.8 cm, signed l.r. and with initials on the drawing folder
This painting was previously for sale.
Mari ten Kate was a pupil of his brother, the genre painter H.F.C. ten Kate. He specialised in paintings with figures, often featuring children playing. As a true-born romantic, Ten Kate idealised their natural artlessness and virtue, as well as the simple existence of peasants and fishermen. His charming scenes were often far removed from 19th century reality, when such groups in society invariable led a hard and miserable existence.