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It was only recently that in the Netherlands, after years of hoping for a cold snap, we were finally able to put on our skates again to go out on the canals. Our skating fever was raised, after all, such a harsh winter had been a while ago. And although the skating clubs were eager to open their tracks, we had to rely on natural ice. Fortunately, the traditional cake-and-zopie tents were transformed into takeaway stalls to order coffee and mulled wine to-go.

It is clear that we love ice fun in the Netherlands. After a few nights of freezing, the skates were sold out en masse and the frozen puddles and ditches were crowded. The winter landscape was often painted by painters such as Aert van der Neer and Hendrick Avercamp as early as the 17th century. After painters took their inspiration from these old masters in the 19th century, the ice scene developed into a popular genre. Sometimes even complete with falls, as depicted by Mari ten Kate. The most famous painter of ice scenes in that period was Andreas Schelfhout. In Snowy Winter Landscape, he has beautifully portrayed the Dutch winter landscape in a small format, including a boat that threatens to sink in the cold water. Schelfhout's predilection for winter scenes can also be seen in the work of his pupil Charles Leickert. In Densely populated city canal in winter, we see what a 19th-century city must have looked like in winter, with people skating and activity on the ice.

With the painters of the Hague School we find beautiful scenes of winter nature. Painters who painted 'en plein air' portrayed the mood in nature in a special way, as Anton Mauve did in his Shepherd and sheep in the snow. And the packs of snow that we see in the Snowy barns in the forest of Louis Apol make us long for winter even in spring. Wim Schuhmacher's colorful snowy landscape was also painted outdoors during a stay at Hillegersberg, where he met Herman Bieling. Together they went out: "We climbed fences... In winter, in the snow, and sat there with clogs-with-straw and warm milk, and worked until we passed out."

Winter connects. Fun on the ice is enjoyed by young and old, which is also reflected in the paintings by the impressionists Johan Antoni de Jonge and Jan Franken, where everyone comes together and enjoys ice skating. We long for a time when we can be so close to each other on the ice again. Until then, you can at least enjoy the winter paintings in our galleries, and who knows, soon at your home.

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Barend Cornelis Koekkoek | Skaters in a winter landscape, oil on panel, 15.5 x 19.5 cm, signed l.c. with initials and painted  jaren '30

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek

painting • for sale

Skaters in a winter landscape

Leendert van der Vlist | Feeding chickens in the snow, oil on canvas, 24.8 x 34.6 cm, signed l.r.

Leendert van der Vlist

painting • for sale

Feeding chickens in the snow

Abraham van der Wayen Pieterszen | City gate in snowy landscape, oil on panel, 14.3 x 22.4 cm

Abraham van der Wayen Pieterszen

painting • for sale

City gate in snowy landscape

Charles Leickert | Skaters on a frozen waterway near the 'Leidsche Hek' in Oegstgeest, oil on panel, 25.0 x 40.0 cm, signed l.r.

Charles Leickert

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Skaters on a frozen waterway near the 'Leidsche Hek' in Oegstgeest

Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn | Ice scene with skaters and sleds, oil on panel, 23.0 x 31.7 cm, signed l.r.

Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn

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Ice scene with skaters and sleds

Charles Leickert | Dutch winter with skaters at sunset, oil on panel, 33.8 x 48.2 cm, signed l.r.

Charles Leickert

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Dutch winter with skaters at sunset

Chris van der Windt | Farmhouse in the snow, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 21.5 x 29.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated '39

Chris van der Windt

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Farmhouse in the snow

Willem Hendrik Eickelberg | A snowy forest road, oil on canvas, 45.4 x 33.4 cm, signed l.l.

Willem Hendrik Eickelberg

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A snowy forest road

Charles Leickert | Busy street in the snow, oil on canvas, 72.7 x 52.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated  '82

Charles Leickert

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Busy street in the snow

Albert Jurardus van Prooijen | Beach in winter, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 21.1 x 22.8 cm, signed l.r.

Albert Jurardus van Prooijen

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Beach in winter

Frans Meijers | A view of  the Rokin in Amsterdam from the Arti building, oil on canvas, 70.1 x 60.1 cm, signed l.r.

Frans Meijers

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A view of the Rokin in Amsterdam from the Arti building

Willy Sluiter | Sky jumping, black chalk and watercolour on paper, 48.0 x 38.0 cm, signed l.l.

Willy Sluiter

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Sky jumping

Jan Jacob Spohler | Ice scene with skaters near a windmill on a cloudy day, oil on panel, 24.1 x 31.7 cm, signed l.r.

Jan Jacob Spohler

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Ice scene with skaters near a windmill on a cloudy day

Evert Jan Ligtelijn | Winter view of the Montelbaanstoren in Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 56.8 x 90.6 cm, signed l.l.

Evert Jan Ligtelijn

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Winter view of the Montelbaanstoren in Amsterdam

Jo Kruyder-Bouman | Sledding through town, oil on canvas, 40.3 x 45.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1942

Jo Kruyder-Bouman

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Sledding through town

Harrie Kuijten | A farm in the snow (probably in Groet), oil on canvas, 40.0 x 60.2 cm, signed l.r. and dated on the stretcher 1942

Harrie Kuijten

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A farm in the snow (probably in Groet)

Evert Jan Ligtelijn | Backyard of a farm in the snow, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 50.3 cm, signed l.r.

Evert Jan Ligtelijn

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Backyard of a farm in the snow

Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn | Snowy landscape with skater and sledge on a frozen river, watercolour on paper, 17.6 x 26.4 cm, signed on the reverse

Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Snowy landscape with skater and sledge on a frozen river

Charles Leickert | Crowded winter street, oil on panel, 37.2 x 28.7 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1855

Charles Leickert

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Crowded winter street

Herman Heuff | The St. Bavokerk in Haarlem in winter, oil on canvas, 49.3 x 63.2 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1919

Herman Heuff

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The St. Bavokerk in Haarlem in winter

Charles Leickert | Skaters at sunset, oil on panel, 17.0 x 21.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1850

Charles Leickert

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Skaters at sunset

Wouterus Verschuur | Carters with mallejan in a winter landscape, oil on panel, 27.2 x 35.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1849

Wouterus Verschuur

painting • for sale

Carters with mallejan in a winter landscape

Louis Apol | A horse-drawn cart in a snow-covered landscape, gouache on paper, 16.0 x 21.9 cm, signed l.l.

Louis Apol

watercolour • drawing • for sale

A horse-drawn cart in a snow-covered landscape

Andreas Schelfhout | A hunter and skaters on the ice along the edge of the forest, oil on panel, 31.1 x 24.3 cm

Andreas Schelfhout

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A hunter and skaters on the ice along the edge of the forest

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate | Gathering at a skating competition, ink and watercolour on paper, 19.4 x 27.7 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1832

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Gathering at a skating competition

Otto Eerelman | Horse-drawn sleigh in a town, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 90.3 cm, signed l.l.

Otto Eerelman

painting • for sale

Horse-drawn sleigh in a town

George Pieter Westenberg | Woodlandscape with treelane in the snow, oil on canvas, 63.8 x 80.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1821

George Pieter Westenberg

painting • for sale

Woodlandscape with treelane in the snow

Johan Meijer | Frost and fog, oil on canvas, 38.5 x 28.8 cm, signed l.r.

Johan Meijer

painting • for sale

Frost and fog


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