't Haagsche Veer in Rotterdam by Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg
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't Haagsche Veer in Rotterdam 19th century

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg

CanvasOil paintPaint
61 ⨯ 81 cm
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  • About the artwork
    J.C.K. Klinkenberg was a nineteenth century painter who started his painting career as a student at the Academy of Fine Art in The Hague. Later he became a student of Louis Meijer (1809-1866), renowned for his seascapes. Finally, Klinkenberg studied under the tutelage of Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904) where he developed his extraordinary talent for rendering light in paintings. Bisschop was a painter of genre pieces and interiors, but Klinkenberg chose a different route: the one of cityscapes. Klinkenberg was mainly active in The Hague and Amsterdam, but visited other cities as well. Countless Dutch cities were immortalized by him. The cityscapes of Klinkenberg are well known, mainly because of his use of colors and dazzling light. Klinkenberg’s works are bright and atmospherically pleasing.
  • About the artist

    J.C.K. Klinkenberg, a pupil of J.H.L. Meijer and C. Bisschop, specialised in painting historic city views, often sundrenched and reflected in the water of a canal or inland harbour.
    His contemporaries admired the effect of sunlight in his paintings: a strong, dazzling light that powerfully lit up the red bricks and white sandstone of the old Dutch gables. Countless Dutch cities were immortalised by him. The topographical representation and impressionist manner with which Klinkenberg recorded townscapes give him a worthy place in the rich tradition of Dutch architecture painting.

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