Fishing Boats on the Breakers (1841 - 1915)
Hendrik Willem Mesdag1841 - 1915 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1915)
Specifications
- Year
- 1841 - 1915
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1831–1915
About the artwork
Dated 1841 - 1915, "Fishing Boats on the Breakers" is an artwork by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Historical background, 1841 - 1915: Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. The invention of lithography around 1796 and its spread in these decades made printed images cheaper and more varied. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is landscape. Landscape in brief: Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place.
"Fishing Boats on the Breakers" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1831–1915
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