Rider on Horseback by Willem van Konijnenburg
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Rider on Horseback 1928

Willem van Konijnenburg

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31 ⨯ 18 cm
ConditionMint
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  • About the artwork
    The equestrian motif continues to fascinate Willem van Konijnenburg well into the 1920s. The horseman is a motif that was popular in antiquity and partly as a result of that in the Renaissance. It was one of the specialties of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), admired by Van Konijnenburg. What fascinated Van Konijnenburg, among other things, was that the rider and horse are one in their movements. A drawing of a rider on horseback is included in The Aesthetic Idea (1916) and its motto is Unitas arbitrii (Unity of judgment, decision). The equestrian motif also symbolizes 'spirit over matter' for Van Konijnenburg. The shepherds, shepherdesses, carters and hunting servants that Van Konijnenburg frequently performs lead one or more animals by virtue of their strength or spiritual superiority.
  • About the artist

    Willem van Konijnenburg was born in The Hague on the 11th of February in 1868.

    He was a Dutch painter, water-colorist, illustrator, grapher, and etcher.
    He was educated at the Academy of Arts in The Hague.

    After his education he worked in Maastricht, Limburg, Scheveningen and even Paris.
    He was the pupil of Arnoud Gerkens, Eduard Kerling, and Johan Philip Koelman. But his primary lessons in art were given by Willem's mother.

    Van Konijnenburg died in The Hague on the 28th of February in 1943.

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