Willem Carel Nakken artwork • painting • previously for sale A life-boat of the National Life-Boat Society in full action
Willem Carel Nakken
Den Haag 1835-1926 Rijswijk
1835-1926
A life-boat of the National Life-Boat Society in full action
oil on panel 34.5 x 52.5 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Rob Bouber, 'Gezichten van Noord-Holland: De moedige paarden van de Reddingbrigade', 'Noordhollands Dagblad', 7 sept. 2006, z.p. (met afb. in kleur).
Exhibited: Hoorn, Westfries Museum, 'Gezichten van Noord-Holland', 22 sept.-29 okt. 2006; Katwijk, Katwijks Museum, '200 jaar KNRM. Redders op zee', 14 april-25 aug. 2024.
Willem Carel Nakken was a painter of sun drenched landscapes and farmsteads, often with horses as staffage. Having first worked in and around The Hague, Oosterbeek and Limburg, from 1867 on, several study trips to Normandy provided him with subject matter for his paintings. The handsome, thickset horses he painted earned him a reputation as equestrian artist. He was often commissioned to paint portraits of horses and sometimes also of dogs, prized bulls and cattle.
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