SOLD Willem Maris Dutch (1844-1910) Oil on Canvas

Willem Maris was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School of Art.

In 1862, Maris made his debut with Cows on the Heath, which may have been painted in Oosterbeek, which he visited for the first time that year. It was in Oosterbeek that he met Gerard Bilders and Anton Mauve. Maris would write about his legendary meeting with Mauve

A superb example of the work of this important 19th century Hague School landscape and animal painter Willem Maris.  Signed lower left.

Maris’ work is highly collectable realising many thousands of pounds at auction. Please see the snapshots of auction results in the photograph section.

Good condition.

Painting Size; 13,1/2″ x 11″

Bibliography De Boer, H.: Willem Maris, Zürcher, The Hague, 1905.

Heteren, Marjan van/Jansen, Guido/Leeuwe, Ronald de: The Poetry of Reality: Dutch Painters of the Nineteenth Century, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000.

Loos, Wiepke: Aquarellen uit de verzameling Drucker-Fraser [The Hague School. Watercolours from the Drucker-Fraser collection], group exhibition catalogue, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2002.

Some auction records  One image depicted below ( in the meadow) was sold through a London auction sale price of £2750 in 2015 is not as desirable as the one we are presently offering for £1800 with no 20%BP

Amsterdam, 9 Nov 1993: Cows Drinking (watercolour, 11¾ × 16¼ ins/30 × 41 cm) NLG 7,475

Amsterdam, 11 April 1995: Family of Ducks in a Field (oil on canvas, 33½ × 49¼ ins/85 × 125 cm) NLG 29,500

Amsterdam, 27 Oct 1997: Cows near a Watercourse (oil on canvas, 32 × 39¾ ins/81 × 101 cm) NLG 23,600

Amsterdam, 26 Oct 1999: Near Abcoude (oil on canvas, 26 × 44 ins/66 × 111 cm) NLG 40,000

Amsterdam, 26 Oct 1999: Pasture (oil on canvas, 21 × 29 ins/54 × 73 cm) NLG 48,000

New York, 8 March 2000: Pastoral Landscape (oil on canvas, 26 × 31 ins/65 × 79 cm) USD 21,000

Amsterdam, 24 Oct 2000: Milking Time (oil on canvas, 20 × 16 ins/51 × 41 cm) NLG 30,000

Amsterdam, 23 April 2001: Watering Cows (oil on canvas, 19 × 39 ins/47 × 100 cm) NLG 42,000

Amsterdam, 23 April 2001: Ducks on the Waterfront (oil on canvas, 20 × 34 ins/52 × 86 cm) NLG 55,000

Amsterdam, 12 March 2002: Cows Watering by Willows (oil on canvas, 17 × 10 ins/42 × 25 cm) EUR 24,000

Amsterdam, 23 April 2002: Cow at Pasture (oil on canvas, 26 × 37 ins/67 × 93 cm) EUR 6,500

Amsterdam, 15 April 2003: Watering Cows in a Polder Landscape (watercolour, 11 × 16 ins/27 × 40 cm) EUR 4,500

Amsterdam, 28 Oct 2003: Cows on a Riverbank (oil on canvas, 21 × 32 ins/53 × 81 cm) EUR 13,000

Amsterdam, 19 April 2004: Cows Watering (oil on canvas, 31 × 40 ins/80 × 102 cm) EUR 6,000

Amsterdam, 21 April 2004: Watering Cows in Summer (oil on canvas, 24 × 20 ins/61 × 50 cm) EUR 6,000

In the meadows

 PRICE SOLD

$ 4,185 USD
€ 3,931 EUR

ORIGINAL CURRENCY OF SALE

£ 2,750 GBP Premium

ESTIMATE

£ 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

LOT #494  NOVEMBER 2015 London

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Willem Maris (1844 – 1910) Lot 200: Willem Maris (1844-1910) 

Est: €18,000 – €24,000

Venduehuis der Notarissen

November 15, 2017, 1:30 PM CET

‘s-Gravenhage, Netherlands

Live Auction‘.

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Willem Maris (The Hague 1844 – 1910)

Polder landscape with ducks on the waterfront
Signed l.r.
Oil on canvas, 44.8 x 34.7 cm
Provenance:
– François Buffa & Fils, Amsterdam
– Private collection, The Netherlands
29.60 % buyer’s premium on the hammer price