Otto Eerelman artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale An evening out
Otto Eerelman
Groningen 1839-1926
1839-1926
An evening out
watercolour on paper 36.9 x 54.4 cm, signed l.l.
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel Christiaan G. Keij, Waddinxveen, 1978.
Literature: tent.cat. Den Haag, Kunsthandel Christiaan G. Keij in Pulchri Studio, 'Van Romantiek tot rond de eeuwwisseling', 1978, afb. in kleur op voorzijde omslag (met als titel 'De thuiskomst van de koninklijke koetsen' (waarschijnlijk parkingang Paleis Noordeinde Den Haag)); Harry Kraaij, 'Otto Eerelman, Groninger kunstenaar (1839-1926)', Schiedam 2012, pag. 148, afb. 189 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Den Haag, Kunsthandel Christiaan G. Keij in Pulchri Studio, 'Van Romantiek tot rond de eeuwwisseling', 3-18 juni 1978; Museum Nienoord, Leek, 'Otto Eerelman, schilder van aanzien', 24 april-2 aug. 2015.
Otto Eerelman was first a pupil at the Minerva Academy, Groningen, and later attended the Antwerp Academy (1864-1865). Having begun as a painter of old Dutch interiors and genre works, Eerelman gradually established a reputation as a painter of horses. He is best known for his paintings of Queen Wilhelmina in riding habit. His later work from the early 1880s is almost entirely devoted to dog portraits or groups of young dogs.
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