DOI Heft:
No. 228 (March 1912)
DOI Artikel:Eisler, Max: The van Randwijk collection, [1]: School of the Hague
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21156#0121
The van Randwijk Collection
characteristic Dutch landscape, faithfully rendering
the clear atmosphere, the deep blue sky, and the
vivid impression of light permeating the whole
scene, which are so truly typical of hot weather in
his native land. The heavy forms of two cows are
bathed in a shimmering glow, and the rich russet
colour of their hides and the soft bluish shadows
blend with the delicate green of the grass and
foliage, whilst even the brown clods of dried earth
assume a warm violet hue and the dim spaces
overshadowed by bushes are irradiated with a
glimmering dust.
Yet more thoroughly than the Sultry Day does
the Suvimer Landscape of William Maris illus-
trate his great delight in representing sunlight, and
never before has the peculiar atmosphere of Holland
found a truer interpreter. The scene depicted is in
the open country, and the broad, flat, far-stretch-
ing plains, skilfully
linked to the low-
lying heavens by a
flight of sea-gulls, are
admirably rendered, a
sense of space being
the predominating
quality.
Wild Ducks is
another work ’oy Wil-
liam Maris in the
collection, and in
this he may justly
be said to have
touched, perhaps, his
highest point of ex-
cellence. The re-
flections on the
gleaming surface of
the lonely pond over-
shadowed by heavy
foliage are peculiarly
effective, and the
wild ducks seem to
be actually light-
conductors, so ra-
diant is their
plumage. It must be
added, however, that
although the artist
almost always intro-
duces animals or
birds in his pictures,
they are by no means
necessary to their
interest. He is a
landscape painter par excellence, especially of land-
scapes in sunlight, a true servant of the light, who
in his wonderful rendering of meadow-land and
marsh uses animals merely as it were to contrast
them with their surroundings and emphasise the
fact that his beautiful scenes are but of earth
after all.
Hendrik W. Mesdag (born 1831) is represented
by a characteristic picture, The Arrival of the
Fishing Boats, which is finely composed and bears
the impress of originality and independence so
noticeable in everything from the hand of its author.
The atmospheric effect is peculiarly happy, there is
a sense of movement both in sea and clouds, and
the whole scene is full of interest and charm.
Three very fine works by Anton Mauve (1838-
1888), another very distinguished member of the
same group, are also included in the collection.
CHILDREN
BY JAMES MARIS
IOI
characteristic Dutch landscape, faithfully rendering
the clear atmosphere, the deep blue sky, and the
vivid impression of light permeating the whole
scene, which are so truly typical of hot weather in
his native land. The heavy forms of two cows are
bathed in a shimmering glow, and the rich russet
colour of their hides and the soft bluish shadows
blend with the delicate green of the grass and
foliage, whilst even the brown clods of dried earth
assume a warm violet hue and the dim spaces
overshadowed by bushes are irradiated with a
glimmering dust.
Yet more thoroughly than the Sultry Day does
the Suvimer Landscape of William Maris illus-
trate his great delight in representing sunlight, and
never before has the peculiar atmosphere of Holland
found a truer interpreter. The scene depicted is in
the open country, and the broad, flat, far-stretch-
ing plains, skilfully
linked to the low-
lying heavens by a
flight of sea-gulls, are
admirably rendered, a
sense of space being
the predominating
quality.
Wild Ducks is
another work ’oy Wil-
liam Maris in the
collection, and in
this he may justly
be said to have
touched, perhaps, his
highest point of ex-
cellence. The re-
flections on the
gleaming surface of
the lonely pond over-
shadowed by heavy
foliage are peculiarly
effective, and the
wild ducks seem to
be actually light-
conductors, so ra-
diant is their
plumage. It must be
added, however, that
although the artist
almost always intro-
duces animals or
birds in his pictures,
they are by no means
necessary to their
interest. He is a
landscape painter par excellence, especially of land-
scapes in sunlight, a true servant of the light, who
in his wonderful rendering of meadow-land and
marsh uses animals merely as it were to contrast
them with their surroundings and emphasise the
fact that his beautiful scenes are but of earth
after all.
Hendrik W. Mesdag (born 1831) is represented
by a characteristic picture, The Arrival of the
Fishing Boats, which is finely composed and bears
the impress of originality and independence so
noticeable in everything from the hand of its author.
The atmospheric effect is peculiarly happy, there is
a sense of movement both in sea and clouds, and
the whole scene is full of interest and charm.
Three very fine works by Anton Mauve (1838-
1888), another very distinguished member of the
same group, are also included in the collection.
CHILDREN
BY JAMES MARIS
IOI