A building site in Amsterdam after the rain 1857 - 1923

George Hendrik Breitner

Pittura a olioDipingere
52 ⨯ 93 cm
Attualmente non disponibile tramite Gallerease

• A proposito di opere d'arte
  George Hendrik Breitner
  
  A building site in Amsterdam after the rain
  
  Oil on canvas | Signed lower left | 52 x 93
  
  Exhibited Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam “Breitner en Amsterdam, 1947”
  
  George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings. From 1876–1880 he attended the Art Academy in The Hague where his extraordinary talent was rewarded on various occasions. From October 1878 till April 1879 he worked as an art teacher at the Leiden academy Ars Aemula Naturae. In 1880 he was expelled from the Art Academy of The Hague for misconduct, because he had destroyed the regulations-board. In the same year he lived at landscapist Willem Maris's place at Loosduinen and was accepted as a member of Pulchri Studio, an important artist's society in The Hague. Later, he distanced himself from the Hague School and today he is generally regarded as an Amsterdam Impressionist.
  
• A proposito di opere artista

  George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) nacque a Rotterdam.

  Nel 1876 si iscrisse all'Accademia dell'Aia. Successivamente, ha lavorato nello studio di Willem Maris. In questo primo periodo fu particolarmente influenzato dai pittori della Scuola dell'Aia. Breitner preferiva i modelli della classe operaia: braccianti, domestiche e persone dei quartieri popolari. Si considerava 'le peintre du peuple', il pittore del popolo.

  Nel 1886 si trasferì ad Amsterdam, dove registrò la vita della città in schizzi, dipinti e foto. A volte ha realizzato più foto dello stesso soggetto, da diverse angolazioni o in diverse condizioni atmosferiche. Le foto potrebbero servire come esempio per un dipinto, come per i suoi ritratti di ragazze in kimono, o come materiale di riferimento generale.

  Breitner ha spesso collaborato con Isaac Israels; entrambi i pittori sono indicati come Impressionisti di Amsterdam. I critici conservatori definirono lo stile di Breitner "incompiuto".