Willem de Zwart artwork • painting • previously for sale Marietje, the artist's daughter, in a garden
Willem de Zwart
Den Haag 1862-1931
1862-1931
Marietje, the artist's daughter, in a garden
oil on canvas laid down on panel 27.0 x 35.7 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1895
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: kunsthandel L.J. Krüger, Den Haag; A.M. van Beusekom, Den Haag, 1932; veiling Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 23 april 1979, lotnr. 485 (met afb.); kunsthandel Van Voorst van Beest, Den Haag; coll. P.K. Baaij, Schoten (België); coll. jhr. Louis C. de Villeneuve, Den Haag.
Literature: tent.cat. Den Haag, Pulchri Studio, 'Eere-tentoonstelling Willem de Zwart', 1932, cat.nr. 10 (als 'In de zon'); Richard Bionda, 'Willem de Zwart 1862-1931', Haarlem 1984, pag. 45, afb. 52 (in kleur, als 'Meisje in het gras'), pag. 90, nr. 52; J.S., 'Willem de Zwart (1862-1931); een eenzaam talent opnieuw in de aandacht', 'Tableau' 4 (1984), afb. in kleur pag. 36.
Exhibited: Den Haag, Pulchri Studio, 'Eere-tentoonstelling Willem de Zwart', april 1932; 'Willem de Zwart', Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, jan.-maart 1984/Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum, april-mei 1984/Laren, Singer Museum, mei-juli 1984.
With a choice of subjects rooted in the Hague School paired with a style and use of colour associated with the Amsterdam Impressionists, Willem de Zwart is sometimes referred to as the 'Breitner of The Hague'. His landscapes, figural scenes and still lifes are rendered in deft, bold brushstrokes, thickly applied, sometimes straight from the tube, in vivid shades of lavish red, yellow and blue that imbue his paintings with brilliant life.
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