George Hendrik Breitner - part 5

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'.

For earlier works see part 1 - 4 also.

This is part 5 of 6 parts on the works of George Hendrik Breitner:

n.d. Figure Studies
pencil and brown wash on paper 21 x 34.5 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
black chalk on paper  33.8 x 28.2 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
black chalk on paper 33.1 x 26.1 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
black chalk on paper 33.5 x 27.6 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
black chalk on paper 34 x 29.5 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
black chalk on paper 34.1 x 29.4 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Figure Study
pencil on paper 10.2 x 13.5 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Forest View
oil on cardboard 41 x 26 cm
 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Four Cows
oil on cardboard 30 x 42 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. French cuirassiers, Paris
oil on canvas 55 x 65 cm

n.d. Group of riders, gathering on wide forest trail chalk
on paper 55.2 x 66.6 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Galloping Hussars in front view
etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

n.d. Head of a dying man
chalk on paper 22.3 x 28.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Head of a Girl (after anonymous)
chalk on paper 32.3 x 24.1 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Head of a Nun
chalk on paper 34.6 x 24.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Head of a woman looking down
black chalk on paper 16.1 x 9.7 cm

n.d. Head of a woman
watercolour on paper 31.5 x 26.8 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Head of a Woman
watercolour on paper 37.8 x 32.9 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Heathland landscape, presumably in Drenthe
oil on panel (size not given)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Hussars standing next to their horses
pencil and watercolour on paper 32.4 x 54.1 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Hussars riding single file
etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

n.d. Hussars on maneuver
 oil on canvas 9.6 x 22.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Horses on the beach, in the background a barge and fishermen
watercolour and chalk on paper 33.5 x 27.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Infantry Trooper
pencil on paper 28.1 x 13.1 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Interior Study
pencil and black chalk on paper 35 x 26.8 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Woman in a studio behind a harmonium
watercolour and chalk on paper 35.4 x 39.6 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Lady sitting at a table
chalk on paper 27 x 34.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Landscape near Waalsdorp, with soldiers on maneuver
oil on panel 15.6 x 21 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Man walking forward
chalk on paper-cardboard 34.6 x 23.9 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Manouevres in the dunes
oil on panel (size not given)

n.d. Marie Anne Henriette Breitner
oil on cardboard 44 x 32.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Market with flower stalls
watercolour on paper size not given
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Meadow landscape
oil on cardboard 22 x 40.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Model study of standing half-naked man
chalk on paper 33.8 x 24.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Model study
oil on panel 24.5 x 19 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Moored boats on the Damrak with the Victoria Hotel in the distance
oil on board 62.5 x 74 cm

n.d. Mother and child
oil on canvas, laid down on plywood 36 x 29 cm

n.d. Mother and child
pencil on paper 35.9 x 18.3 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Mounted Guard
watercolour on paper 34.4 x 53.6 cm

n.d. Neighbourhood street in Rijswijk near The Hague
oil on panel 40 x 27 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Neighbourhood street in The Hague or Scheveningen
oil on paper laid on panel 34.5 x 22 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Nude study
chalk on paper 27.5 x 20.2 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Paljas of Torero, with raised arm
chalk on paper 19.2 x 23.1
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Plaster mask
chalk on paper 31.3 x 23.9 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Portrait of a koffiepikster
 oil on canvas 62.5 x 59.5 cm

n.d. Portrait of a man
 pencil and Siberian chalk on paper 61 x 47.3 cm
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

n.d. Portrait of Dante (after Rafaël)
chalk on paper 47.5 x 28 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Portrait of Floris Verster
oil on panel 45 x 24.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Portrait of Marie Breitner, wife of the artist
oil on canvas 73 x 55.5 cm

n.d. Prinsengracht near Lauriergracht, Amsterdam
oil on canvas 70.1 x 100.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Reclining nude
chalk on paper 12.1 x 32.6 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

n.d. Resting cavalry
 oil on canvas 40.5 x 101 cm

n.d. Scene in a Dutch city with pile driver in foreground
etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC