George Hendrik Breitner (1857 - 1923)
Yellow riders
Oil on panel 26.5 x 36 cm, signed lower right and dated around 1890
Herkomst:
Kunsthandel Arti, Den Haag; Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1901/1902.
Literatuur:
Tent. cat. G.H. Breitner, 1901, pag. 12, cat. nr. 73; A. Pit, George Hendrik Breitner - Indrukken en Biographische Aanteekeningen, Amsterdam 1901, afbeelding pag. 113.
Tentoonstelling:
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner, nov. 1901-jan. 1902; Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner, 5 feb.-13 mrt. 1910.
About George Hendrik Breitner
George Hendrik Breitner was a stubborn man. He did everything he could to convince his parents that he had the potential to be a good painter. During his studies he drew war scenes, soldiers, and horses, and he then went on to work in Willem Maris' studio. It did not take long for him to establish a name for himself through his equestrian studies. His brushstroke evolved; Thijs Maris described it as being 'more and more like Jaap's' [Jacob Mar ...
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