'Twee waspitten' 1890
George Hendrik Breitner
CanvasOil paintPaint
59 ⨯ 46 cm
Price on request
Studio 2000 Art Gallery
- About the artworkcirca 1890
Oil on canvas
59 x 46 cm.
Signed lower right
Provenance: Collection H. Loeber, Laren, the Netherlands
Exhibited: Breitner in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1938, nr. 132 - About the artist
George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) was born in Rotterdam.
In 1876, he enrolled at the academy in The Hague. Later, he worked at Willem Maris's studio. In this early period he was especially influenced by the painters of the Hague School. Breitner preferred working-class models: labourers, servant girls and people from lower-class neighbourhoods. He saw himself as 'le peintre du peuple', the people's painter.
In 1886, he moved to Amsterdam, where he recorded the life of the city in sketches, paintings and photos. Sometimes he made several pictures of the same subject, from different angles or in different weather conditions. Photos might serve as an example for a painting, as for his portraits of girls in kimonos, or as general reference material.
Breitner often collaborated with Isaac Israels; both painters are referred to as Amsterdam Impressionists. Conservative critics called Breitner's style 'unfinished'.
Are you interested in buying this artwork?
Artwork details
Related artworks
- 1 - 2 / 2
Jan Voerman sr
Still Life with flowers in a Chinese figurine1850 - 1900
Price on requestKunsthandel Pygmalion
Isaac Israels
"Een essayeuse bij het modehuis Hirsch"1865 - 1934
Price on requestStudio 2000 Art Gallery
Aris Knikker
Riverview with a village (Kortenhoef, Netherlands)1887 - 1962
Price on requestKunsthandel Pygmalion
1 - 4 / 24Fredericus Jacobus van Rossum du Chattel
Poldervaart in the Vecht river region1899 - 1901
Price on requestKunsthandel Pygmalion
Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's Gravesande
My studio in Bruxelles1841 - 1924
Price on requestKunsthandel Pygmalion
1 - 4 / 24- 1 - 4 / 24
Marcel Jefferys
Jeune femme au collier dans un intérieur1890 - 1922
Price on requestStudio 2000 Art Gallery
1 - 4 / 24- Curated by
Danny Bree
1 - 4 / 12