Hendrik Jan Wolter
(Amsterdam 1873 - 1952 Amersfoort)
"A misty afternoon in St. Ives, 1921"
on canvas: 59 x 78 cm;
signed 'H.J. Wolter' (l.r..)
Provenance
private Dutch collection; with Ivo Bouwman; purchased by a private collector in in The Hague, 1977; thence by descent to his children.
ExhibitionsAmersfoort, Museum Flehite, 'Op reis met Hendrik Jan Wolter', 2010, accompanied by a publication by Maarten Jager, pp. 48-49 with ill.
NotesAround 1910 Wolter moved to the English coast line of Cornwall and Devon to paint very impressive atmospheric scenes in the small harbour towns of Polperro, Lymouth and St. Ives.((Heilige middag in St. Ives))
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Category
Dutch 19th - 20th century
marine