Willem Maris artwork • painting • previously for sale Springtime
Willem Maris
Den Haag 1844-1910
1844-1910
Springtime
oil on canvas 66.0 x 111.2 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1875
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Amsterdam; Veiling Haas & Spliehoff Rotterdam, 5 april 1921, lot. 47; veiling Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 1923, lot. 105.
Literature: 'The Masterpieces of James and William Maris', Den Haag [1905]; Max Eisler, 'Die Neuholländische Kunst: die Haager Schule', Den Haag/München, afb. pag. 219; Max Eisler, 'Willem Maris, 1844-1910', 'Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift' XXI, deel 41 (1911), afb. pag. 87; Joost Bergman, Nico de Reus, 'Willem Maris. Impressionist van de Haagse School', Zwolle/Den Haag 2012, pag. 67 (met afb. in kleur pag. 66).
Exhibited: Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, 'Willem Maris (1844-1910) - Impressionist van de Haagse School', 21 jan.-9 april 2012.
Willem Maris was the younger brother of Jacob and Matthijs, with whom he shared a studio in The Hague. He preferred to paint landscapes abounding in water, with ducks or cattle in marshy pastures on a ditch or watercourse. Maris was mainly concerned in conveying the way in which light touched his subjects. ‘I don’t paint cows, I paint the effects of light’, he once said about his work. For this reason he is sometimes called the ‘Impressionist’ of the Hague School.
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