“Beach View”, George Wilhelm Opdenhoff

Beautiful, animated beach view with an amazing light as the sun is rising. Fisher boats are back from the sea, people are gathering around them. It is probably the beach of Scheveningen (The Hague coast) in Holland. Oil on canvas, signed lower right. The canvas has been cleaned and relined, with a new satiny varnish to protect the painting. The original frame has been regilded. Very decorative, peaceful and bright work.

Size: H 65cm x W 45 cm – H 70 cm x W 90 cm

Dutch school of the 19th century.

Lit: George Willem Opdenhoff was born in Fulda (Germany) in 1807, he died in The Hague in 1873. He was a pupil of the landscape painter A. Schelfhout and J.C. Schotel who painted seascapes. He lived and worked in Breda from 1835 to 1837. After traveling to the French coast in 1837, he settled in Rotterdam between 1837 and 1842. About 1842 he moved to The Hague. He painted seascapes, beach scenes and riverscapes. He exhibited in The Hague between 1835 and 1867 and Rotterdam in 1873. Works in the museums of Alkmaar and The Hague. (Scheen)