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| 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’.
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This is part 1 of 6 parts on the works of George Hendrik Breitner:
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| 1872 Head of a horse chalk on paper 48 x 33 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1875-85 Dune landscape at Dekkersduin, The Hague oil on panel 20.5 x 39.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1876-80 Jane Seymour (after Holbein) chalk on paper 26 x 21.3 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands |
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| 1880 Alley in Rotterdam with laundress watercolour on paper 39.1 x 25.7 cm |
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| c1880-84 Night market pencil, ink and watercolour on paper 24.0 x 36.5 cm |
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| c1880-1908 The Tower of Gorkum oil on panel 47.8 x 25.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1880 A street in Rotterdam oil on canvas laid down on panel 44.6 x 24.4 cm |
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| c1880 Hussars in the snow oil on panel 20 x 17.5 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| 1881-82 Figure and portrait studies etching 17.8 x 13.8 cm (image) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1881-84 The blacksmith oil on canvas 61 x 101 cm |
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| c1881 A Hussar near a farmhouse pencil, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper 35.5 x 40 cm |
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| c1881 Resting horses near a sandpit, the Hague charcoal, chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper 24.5 x 43.5 cm |
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| c1881 The yellow riders near a farmhouse oil on panel 15.5 x 38 cm |
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| 1882 Self-portrait with pince-nez oil on panel 45 x 31.4 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
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| 1882 Sitting Cat chalk? on paper (size not given) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1882 Washerwoman in Rotterdam pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper 48 x 27.5 cm |
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| c1882 Cavalry in the dunes oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm |
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| 1883 Back from the manoeuvres chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper 33 x 45 cm |
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| 1883 Girl on a divan chalk, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper 55 x 76.5 cm |
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| 1883-84 Self-portrait oil on canvas? 42 x 34 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1883-88 Cavalry oil on canvas 3370 x 1370 cm Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
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| 1883-88 Cavalry detail |
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| 1883-88 Cavalry detail |
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| c1883 Returning from the manoeuvers chalk, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper 48 x 71.5 cm |
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| 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 |
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| 1884-85 The Wooden Shoes oil on canvas 92 x 64 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1884-86 Children in the Dunes oil on prepared cardboard 29 x 41.3 cm Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands |
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| after 1885 Ballet Dancer pencil and watercolour on paper 41.4 x 23.6 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1885 Cavalry at rest on the Beeklaan, Loosduinen oil on canvas 60 x 100 cm |
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| 1885 Cavalry at rest oil on canvas 51.3 x 76.8 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1885 Dune Landscape watercolour on paper 31.2 x 41.7 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1885 Man towing a barge chalk on paper 29.1 x 19.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1885 Willows in a meadow oil on canvas 50.5 x 75 cm |
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| 1885-86 The Yellow Riders oil on canvas 115 x 77.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1885 Military manoeuvres chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper 47 x 68 cm |
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| c1885 Model study of a man (Adolf Boutar) chalk on paper 28.2 x 12.4 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| c1885 Model study of a standing man (Adolf Boutar) chalk on paper 34.3 x 23.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| c1885 Still life with a Chinese ginger jar oil on panel 26.5 x 21.5 cm |
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| c1885 Still life with cherries oil on paper laid down on panel 24 x 39.5 cm |
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| 1886-98 Gust of wind oil on canvas 24 x 32 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1886-1910 Portrait of a mounted gunner with two horses gelatin silver print 40.5 x 44.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1886 Dancer pencil on paper 34.1 x 22.1 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| c1886 Lady with a muff chalk on wove paper 34.1 x 22.1 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands |
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| 1887 At the Blacksmith’s oil on canvas 50 x 75.4 cm |
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| 1887-89 Moonlight oil on canvas 70.5 x 100.5 cm © RMN-Grand Palais (Orsay Museum) |
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| 1887-90 Evening in Dam Square oil on canvas? 90 x 200.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| c1887 Reclining female nude watercolour on paper 9.6 x 15.3 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| c1887 Reclining nude (medium?) 97.5 x 202.5 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| c1887 Reclining nude oil on canvas 134 x 22..5 cm Kunstmuseum Den Haag |
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| c1887 The Trumpeter of the Yellow Riders oil on canvas 80 x 115 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| c1887 Three female heads black chalk on paper 22,5 x 33 cm Centraal Museum, Utrecht |
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| c1889-90 Hussars oil on canvas 42 x 67 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |