Monday 19 February 2024

George Hendrik Breitner - part 1

1891 Portrait of George Hendrik Breitner by Jan Veth
lithograph 48.7 x 32.2 cm

George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 1876, he enrolled at the academy in The Hague. Later, he worked at Willem Maris's studio. In this early period he was especially influenced by the painters of the Hague School. Breitner preferred working-class models: labourers, servant girls and people from lower-class neighbourhoods. He saw himself as 'le peintre du peuple', the people's painter. In 1886, he moved to Amsterdam, where he recorded the life of the city in sketches, paintings and photos. Sometimes he made several pictures of the same subject, from different angles or in different weather conditions. Photos might serve as an example for a painting, as for his portraits of girls in kimonos, or as general reference material. Breitner often collaborated with Isaac Israels; both painters are referred to as Amsterdam Impressionists. Conservative critics called Breitner's style ‘unfinished'.

This is part 1 of 6 parts on the works of George Hendrik Breitner:

1872 Head of a horse
chalk on paper 48 x 33 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1875-85 Dune landscape at Dekkersduin, The Hague
oil on panel 20.5 x 39.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1876-80 Jane Seymour (after Holbein)
chalk on paper 26 x 21.3 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

1880 Alley in Rotterdam with laundress
watercolour on paper 39.1 x 25.7 cm

c1880-84 Night market
pencil, ink and watercolour on paper 24.0 x 36.5 cm

c1880-1908 The Tower of Gorkum
oil on panel 47.8 x 25.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1880 A street in Rotterdam
oil on canvas laid down on panel 44.6 x 24.4 cm

c1880 Hussars in the snow
oil on panel 20 x 17.5 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

1881-82 Figure and portrait studies
etching 17.8 x 13.8 cm (image)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1881-84 The blacksmith
oil on canvas 61 x 101 cm

c1881 A Hussar near a farmhouse
pencil, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper
 35.5 x 40 cm

c1881 Resting horses near a sandpit, the Hague
charcoal, chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper
 24.5 x 43.5 cm

c1881 The yellow riders near a farmhouse
oil on panel 15.5 x 38 cm

1882 Self-portrait with pince-nez
oil on panel 45 x 31.4 cm
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

1882 Sitting Cat
chalk? on paper (size not given)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1882 Washerwoman in Rotterdam
 pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
48 x 27.5 cm

c1882 Cavalry in the dunes
oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm

1883 Back from the manoeuvres
chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper 33 x 45 cm

1883 Girl on a divan
chalk, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper 55 x 76.5 cm

1883-84 Self-portrait
oil on canvas? 42 x 34 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1883-88 Cavalry
oil on canvas 3370 x 1370 cm
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

1883-88 Cavalry
detail

1883-88 Cavalry
detail

c1883 Returning from the manoeuvers
chalk, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper 48 x 71.5 cm

c1883 Study sheet with the head of a black man (Adolf Boutar)
black chalk on paper 60 x 42.5 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

1884-85 The Wooden Shoes
oil on canvas 92 x 64 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1884-86 Children in the Dunes
oil on prepared cardboard 29 x 41.3 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

after 1885 Ballet Dancer
pencil and watercolour on paper 41.4 x 23.6 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

1885 Cavalry at rest on the Beeklaan, Loosduinen
oil on canvas 60 x 100 cm

1885 Cavalry at rest
oil on canvas 51.3 x 76.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1885 Dune Landscape
watercolour on paper 31.2 x 41.7 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

1885 Man towing a barge
chalk on paper 29.1 x 19.8 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

1885 Willows in a meadow
oil on canvas 50.5 x 75 cm

1885-86 The Yellow Riders
oil on canvas 115 x 77.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1885 Military manoeuvres
chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper 47 x 68 cm

c1885 Model study of a man (Adolf Boutar)
chalk on paper 28.2 x 12.4 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

c1885 Model study of a standing man (Adolf Boutar)
chalk on paper 34.3 x 23.8 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

c1885 Still life with a Chinese ginger jar
oil on panel 26.5 x 21.5 cm

c1885 Still life with cherries
oil on paper laid down on panel 24 x 39.5 cm

1886-98 Gust of wind
oil on canvas 24 x 32 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

1886-1910 Portrait of a mounted gunner with two horses
gelatin silver print 40.5 x 44.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1886 Dancer
pencil on paper 34.1 x 22.1 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

c1886 Lady with a muff
chalk on wove paper 34.1 x 22.1 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

1887 At the Blacksmith's
oil on canvas 50 x 75.4 cm

1887-89 Moonlight
oil on canvas  70.5 x 100.5 cm
© RMN-Grand Palais (Orsay Museum)

1887-90 Evening in Dam Square
oil on canvas? 90 x 200.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

c1887 Reclining female nude
watercolour on paper 9.6 x 15.3 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

c1887 Reclining nude
(medium?) 97.5 x 202.5 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

c1887 Reclining nude
oil on canvas 134 x 22..5 cm
Kunstmuseum Den Haag

c1887 The Trumpeter of the Yellow Riders
oil on canvas 80 x 115 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

c1887 Three female heads
black chalk on paper 22,5 x 33 cm
Centraal Museum, Utrecht

c1889-90 Hussars
 oil on canvas 42 x 67 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


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