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Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born on February 23, 1831 in Groningen. His father, a merchant and banker, was an amateur painter who saw to it that his two sons were also educated in the art of painting. He was a Dutch marine painter. He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art. He married Sina van Houten in 1856, and when they inherited a fortune from her father, Mesdag retired from banking to pursue a career as a painter. He studied in Brussels with Willem Roelofs and in 1868 moved to The Hague to paint the sea. In 1870 he exhibited at the Paris Salon and won the gold medal for The Breakers of the North Sea. Preparations for departureIn 1880 he received a commission from a Belgian company to paint a panorama giving a view over the village of Scheveningen on the North Sea coast near The Hague .
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Painting ID:: 37816
Terug van de Vischvangst
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Olieverf op doek
130x100cm
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Painting ID:: 37914
Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen
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Mesdag-s subject follows in the footsteps of his 17th-century forbears
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Painting ID:: 70326
In Danger
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91 X 125.6 cm
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Painting ID:: 84488
Night at Scheveningen
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 91450
Pinks in the Surf
c. 1875(1875) - c. 1885(1885)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 90 x 181 cm (35.4 x 71.3 in)
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Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born on February 23, 1831 in Groningen. His father, a merchant and banker, was an amateur painter who saw to it that his two sons were also educated in the art of painting. He was a Dutch marine painter. He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art. He married Sina van Houten in 1856, and when they inherited a fortune from her father, Mesdag retired from banking to pursue a career as a painter. He studied in Brussels with Willem Roelofs and in 1868 moved to The Hague to paint the sea. In 1870 he exhibited at the Paris Salon and won the gold medal for The Breakers of the North Sea. Preparations for departureIn 1880 he received a commission from a Belgian company to paint a panorama giving a view over the village of Scheveningen on the North Sea coast near The Hague .
. Related Artists to Hendrik Willem Mesdag: | Alexander Roslin | Carlo Bonavia | Meszoly, Geza | Lodewijk Toeput | Simon Bening |
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