Willem Hamel artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Shepherd and his flock
Willem Hamel
Rotterdam 1860-1924 Egweil (Duitsland)
1860-1924
Shepherd and his flock
watercolour on paper 54.1 x 76.5 cm, signed l.r.
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Koninklijke Verzamelingen, Paleis Lange Voorhout, inv.nr. A5; nalatenschap H.K.H. Prinses Juliana (1909-2004), Koningin der Nederlanden van 1948 tot 1980.
Willem Hamel had a carefree childhood in Rotterdam until his father died and he had to work as an apprentice. After the craft school he worked as a (decoration) painter and also took painting lessons at the Rotterdam academy. Mauve was as an example to him and with his impressionistic landscapes in muted tones - often with shepherds and sheep - he had immediate success. He found inspiration in Drenthe and Gelderland; he lived in Ede for some time. Due to his poor health, the painter settled in 1913 in Kootwijk, which was surrounded by forest and heath.
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