Mother and child by Hendrik J. Haverman

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Mother and child 1860

Hendrik J. Haverman

Oil paintPaint
55 ⨯ 40 cm
ConditionExcellent
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About the artwork
Hendrik Jan Haverman (1857-1928) belonged to the group of Dutch artists known as the' Tachtigers', meaning the 'Eighties', because these artists started their careers around the eighties of the nineteenth century. They were also called the 'Impressionists of Amsterdam'. Together with his collegues Jan Toorop, George Breitner and Isaac Israels Hendrik Haverman was one of the leading figures of this movement.
Oil on canvas, signed. Label at the backside ‘Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’.
The painting was bought in 1907 by the Vereeniging tot het vormen van een Openbare Verzameling van Hedendaagsche Kunst te Amsterdam’ (Association to form a Public Collection of Contemporary Art in Amsterdam) from the auction of the Fine Arts Academy Fund, created in memory of (professor) August Allebé.
As the Association did not have a storage space (but a good relation with the Stedelijk Museum), the work has been stored in the museum depot for many years. But at a certain time the Association decided to dispose the work again, which resulted in selling this painting at the auctionhouse of Frederik Muller in April 1956.
About the artist
Hendrik Johannes Haverman (23 October 1857, Amsterdam - 11 August 1928, The Hague) was a Dutch artist; known primarily for his portrait drawings.
He studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, and the art academies in Antwerp and Brussels.
Among those he studied with were August Allebé and Hendrik Valkenburg (1826-1896). In his turn, he gave private lessons to Edmée Broers (1876-1955), Meta Cohen Gosschalk, Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal (1864-1950) and Pauline Suij; at a time when women were not admitted to the Rijksakademie.
In 1892, he was awarded a Royal Subsidy to sustain his work. The 1901 edition of Camera Obscura, by Nicolaas Beets, contains a portrait of the author by Haverman.
He was also an art critic and wrote numerous articles for De Gids, the oldest Dutch literary journal.
In 1918, there was a major retrospective of his works at the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. The first exhibition of his works after his death took place in 2008 at Pygmalion Visual Arts in Maarssen.

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