Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born on February 23, 1831 in Groningen. His father, a merchant and banker, was an amateur painter who saw to it that his two sons were also educated in the art of painting. He was a Dutch marine painter. He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art. He married Sina van Houten in 1856, and when they inherited a fortune from her father, Mesdag retired from banking to pursue a career as a painter. He studied in Brussels with Willem Roelofs and in 1868 moved to The Hague to paint the sea. In 1870 he exhibited at the Paris Salon and won the gold medal for The Breakers of the North Sea. Preparations for departureIn 1880 he received a commission from a Belgian company to paint a panorama giving a view over the village of Scheveningen on the North Sea coast near The Hague .

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag Terug van de Vischvangst oil painting


Terug van de Vischvangst
mk129 Olieverf op doek 130x100cm
Painting ID::  37816
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Terug van de Vischvangst
mk129 Olieverf op doek 130x100cm
   
   
     

Hendrik Willem Mesdag Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen oil painting


Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen
mk129 Mesdag-s subject follows in the footsteps of his 17th-century forbears
Painting ID::  37914
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen
mk129 Mesdag-s subject follows in the footsteps of his 17th-century forbears
   
   
     

Hendrik Willem Mesdag In Danger oil painting


In Danger
Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 91 X 125.6 cm
Painting ID::  70326
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
In Danger
Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 91 X 125.6 cm
   
   
     

Hendrik Willem Mesdag Night at Scheveningen oil painting


Night at Scheveningen
Medium Oil on canvas cyf
Painting ID::  84488
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Night at Scheveningen
Medium Oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

Hendrik Willem Mesdag Pinks in the Surf oil painting


Pinks in the Surf
c. 1875(1875) - c. 1885(1885) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 90 x 181 cm (35.4 x 71.3 in) cjr
Painting ID::  91450
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Pinks in the Surf
c. 1875(1875) - c. 1885(1885) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 90 x 181 cm (35.4 x 71.3 in) cjr
   
   
     

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     Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born on February 23, 1831 in Groningen. His father, a merchant and banker, was an amateur painter who saw to it that his two sons were also educated in the art of painting. He was a Dutch marine painter. He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art. He married Sina van Houten in 1856, and when they inherited a fortune from her father, Mesdag retired from banking to pursue a career as a painter. He studied in Brussels with Willem Roelofs and in 1868 moved to The Hague to paint the sea. In 1870 he exhibited at the Paris Salon and won the gold medal for The Breakers of the North Sea. Preparations for departureIn 1880 he received a commission from a Belgian company to paint a panorama giving a view over the village of Scheveningen on the North Sea coast near The Hague .

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