Childe Hassam Paintings in Geocoded Art

Quincy, Massachusetts

Painting by Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935).  A highly prolific artist who painted recognizable but stylized views of scenes in many countries. His subject matter covered a wide range, from monumental to mundane; the seasons depicted were from blush of spring to harsh winter winds; pure nature scenes and the most urban location were near equally represented in his extensive output.
Surveying his work as a whole shows him to have a wide interest and curiosity, as well as a generous sense for where beauty is found, and recognizing that attitude enlivens the appreciation of each of his works.

Hassam paintings geocoded

Francis Silva paintings in GeocodedArt

Kingston Point, Hudson River

Painting by Francis A. Silva (1835-1886).  Virtually all of Silva's paintings are focused on water; scenes of calm rivers greatly outnumber the seascapes,  and few of those have any measure of wave action.

He often painted boats with their sails full of wind, and seemingly full of promise. The ideal situation on the water appears to be a different world from the gritty bank where the observer stands, and to which the painter devoted a great deal of attention.

Silva paintings geocoded

Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg Paintings in GeocodedArt

The Port of Enkhuizen

painting by Johannes Klinkenberg.  Great billowing clouds lend a distinctive Dutch air to all his outdoor works.  Touches of modern city life creep into works that still have some Golden Age romance in them, in buildings which strain to reach the light that animates all.

Klinkenberg paintings geocoded

Hendrik Keun Paintings in GeocodedArt

View on the Houtmarkt in Amsterdam

Painting by Hendrik Keun (1738-1788).  Very clear, unemotional pictures of a busy city, with views chosen to emphasize the role of waterways as the life blood of the prosperous, but not ornate, life.

Keun paintings geocoded

Jan Weissenbruch Paintings in GeocodedArt

View of the Wall Houses at the Thieves Tower in Amersfoort

Painting by Jan Weissenbruch (1822-1880).  The crisp architectural style is quite distinct from that of his cousin's looser landscape work.  He did not pick the most imposing civic structures as his subjects, though they all include recognizable features.  His viewpoints are always such that a feeling for average street life is appreciated.

Jan Weissenbruch geocoded

Cornelis Vreedenburgh Paintings in GeocodedArt

The Montelbaanstoren, Amsterdam

Painting by Cornelis Vreedenburgh (1880-1946) 

His work is uniformly sunny, and evidently optimistic, infused with all that makes Dutch life such a pleasure.  There is a general haziness in place of sharp edges anywhere; the view always appears to be from the perspective of one whose eyes are half-closed in relaxed pleasure, enjoying the scene.

Vreedenburgh paintings geocoded

Oene Romkes de Jongh Paintings in GeocodedArt

A view of Amsterdam

Painting by Oene Romkes de Jongh (1812-1896). A prolific painter of town scenes in Amsterdam, most often without the specific location included in the title of the work.  His many works are curiously monochromatic: brownish buildings against a drab sky.  Somehow they did not possess the charm and vitality for him that they did for the great originators of the Dutch tradition of painting cityscapes.

Oene Romkes de Jongh geocoded

Pieter Gerard Vertin paintings in Geocoded Art

View of the Marekerk, Leiden

Painting by Pieter Gerard Vertin (1819-1893).  This artist produced many works that highlighted the typical architecture of Dutch cities and towns, usually in a style did not add much drama to the scene.  They were not images that you would remark that they captured a particularly beautiful day, and he did more wintry and snowy scenes than most vedute painters.

Vertin paintings geocoded

Salomon van Ruysdael paintings Geocoded

A Ferry Boat near Arnheim

Painting by Salomon van Ruysdael (1629-1681). One of a distinguished family of painters, his prolific work is almost exclusively landscapes, most featuring the great billowing clouds that sweep across the dead flat Low Countries.  A minority of the titles of the works identify the location specifically, and in the image any landmark is to be found in a distant steeple which acts as something of a pin market on the land.  The exception to this painting of "general river scene" is the great works of the unmistakable Valkhof at Nijmegen.

van Ruysdael paintings geocoded

van der Heyden paintings in Geocoded Art

View of castle Nijenrode on the Vecht

Painting by Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712).  The master's deep love of his country comes through in works that feature the great buildings of the great age.  Always fair skies, always the presence of an industrious and contented citizenry.

van der Heyden paintings geocoded

Jan van Goyen paintings Geocoded

View of Dordrecht from the Dordtse Kil

Painting by Jan van Goyen (1596-1656).  The heavy atmosphere in all his works give an immediacy that belies the 400 intervening years between their creation and our sense that we could be standing just in the spot he was, feeling the same breeze and hearing the same activity on the nearby boats.

van Goyen paintings geocoded

van Bommel Paintings Geocoded

Ships berthing at the Tower of Hoorn

Painting by Elias Pieter van Bommel (1819-1890) 

van Bommel painted Dutch city life principally.  Architecture figured prominently in his work, but not in isolation: it usually served as a frame and reference point for the human activities that went on around it.  His work is about evenly split between naming a specific scene and rendering it as he saw it, and idealizing an unnamed setting, or transplanting a certain structure into an alternate setting.  One regular feature is slightly overcast skies: not too sunny, not too dramatic.

van Bommel paintings geocoded

Issac Ouwater paintings Geocoded

Nieuwe Kerk

Painting by Isaak Ouwater (1748-1793).  One of many expert city views, all painted to show the finest that the city had to offer in architecture, public spaces, favorable climate, and an elevated approach to life.  The many views he painted in Amsterdam are just blocks from each other, and would make invaluable contributions to assembling a view of Amsterdam life as it was.

Ouwater paintings geocoded

Paintings of Alkmaar in GeocodedArt

The Weight House, Alkmaar

The Weight House, Alkmaar, painting by Jacques Carabain (1834-1933)

A compact Dutch town, which exemplifies the impeccable North Holland lifestyle, has been a favorite subject of numerous painters over several centuries.  The life was made meaningful in the living, not in theorizing about living.

Paintings of Alkmaar geocoded

Aelbert Cuyp paintings geocoded

View of Dordrecht at Sunset

painting by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691). An artist most known for works that feature handsome livestock, Cuyp often used recognizable town features as a backdrop, and on occasion did a proper cityscape.  His favorite subject was the venerable city of Dordrecht, and he painted it in many moods, though none so lovingly as this example.

Cuyp paintings geocoded

Camille Pissarro paintings in Geocoded Art

The Place du Havre, Paris

painting by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). It seems that Pissaro painted everything he saw: still life, portraits, terrain, city life, country life, great buildings, industrial innovation, unspoiled nature. The common element is some optimism, a  sense that the artist was pleased with everything he saw. This is a curious framing, to show only a part of the door to the station; the subject is really the life that swirls around it, like painting the rapidly changing surface of water to connote a surging river.

Pissarro paintings geocoded

Paul Flandrin paintings in GeocodedArt

Valley of Hyeres

painting by Paul Flandrin (1811 - 1902). Of the two painting Flandrin brothers, Paul was far more oriented to painting outdoor scenes, and devoted great attention to realistic foliage. His scenes tended toward wilderness, with few if any figures; often painted sites that looked the same as they must have before humans were ever on the scene. The sky casts a beneficent glow in this image, allowing a fellow to lean on his staff for a moment and take some contentment in nature.

Paul Flandrin paintings geocoded

Paintings of Amsterdam in google Earth

This link takes you the Earth forum posting; click on the .kmz file to see the paintings zoomed on to their locations.

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