Eduard Alexander Hilverdink paintings in GeocodedArt

A snowy view of the Smedestraat, Haarlem

Painting by Eduard Alexander Hilverdink (1846-1891).  His paintings, virtually all exteriors, include a great deal of atmosphere.  You get the sense that you can tell how soon rain (or more snow) is coming.  His did some marine works, but the architecture of city centers was his principal subject.  The street life he shows is minimal, and is there not to be appreciate for itself but to help set the mood and add perspective for rendering the key feature into the hazy distance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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George Hendrik Breitner Paintings in GeocodedArt

The Toren of Gorkum

Painting by George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923).  Breitner stuck with a dark, muted palette; his cityscapes particularly looked like days when the pedestrians would be happy to get home and be out of the weather.  His many interiors and figure studies carried the same atmosphere inside.

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Johan Weissenbruch Paintings in GeocodedArt

View of Haarlem from the Dunes

Painting by Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824-1903).  This artist painted a variety of scenes: interior and exterior, city and country, and did some portraits as well.  The outdoor scenes were more likely not to be titled with a specific location, and those that are named tend not to be the recognizable landmarks painted by so many others in the Low Countries.  In the variety of settings and subjects he painted, they might all be described as "moody". 

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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.

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