David A. C. Artz, Den Haag, 1837 - Den Haag, 1890

Fisserman's live
Oil on canvas 55 x 80 cm.
Signed lower right ARTZ and dated 1882

Girl in costume of Scheveningen knitting together with a young boy. This is a classical composition of the painters painting dune landscapes.
The influence of Jozef Israels is clearly present, also the colorite of the painting is the colored grey so typical for the Hague School.
Literature:
" Van Oosterbeek naar Haagse school" door E.Maas, Amsterdam, 1994, ill on page 74
Exposition:
De Haagse School, Museum Kempenland, Eindhoven, 1992, nr. 3. with ill.
"De Haagse School" schilderijen en aquarellen uit de collectie Dr R. Kupperman, Jacob Smits Museum Mol (B), april 1966, nr. 1.
Zomergezichten", Gemeentelijke expositieruimte Kampen, april, 1996 nr. 1, with ill.