Théophile de Bock artwork • painting • previously for sale Beech wood
Théophile de Bock
Den Haag 1851-1904 Haarlem
1851-1904
Beech wood
oil on canvas 96.8 x 82.1 cm, signed l.l. and dated '96
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: De heer en mevrouw Suter-Vermeulen, 1906; kunsthandel J.J. Biesing, Den Haag.
Literature: tent.cat., Amsterdam, Arti & Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Theophile de Bock, bijeengebracht door de Firma B.J. Voskuil jr.', 1905, cat.nr. 48 (met afb.).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Arti & Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Théophile de Bock, bijeengebracht door de firma B.J. Voskuil jr.', jan. 1905.
Following a rather unsuccessful civil service career in the railways, Theophile de Bock trained under the painter J.W. van Borselen and later the famous J.H. Weissenbruch. His preferred subject matter was woods and landscapes with trees, and he often painted in the Dutch Veluwe region around Oosterbeek and Renkum. A great admirer of the French Barbizon painters, most notably Camille Corot, De Bock spent the years 1878-1880 in Barbizon, which left a visible imprint on his painting style.
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