SOLD Gerard Altman (1877 - 1940) painting oil on panel

Gerard Altmann (1877 - 1940), oil on panel internal dimensions 18 x 26.5 cm / framed 24.5 x 32.5 cm

Altmann is considered to belong to the late Hague School, second generation. He painted mainly polder landscapes with cows and sheep; sometimes also harbour views, portraits, still lifes and interiors. He painted mainly with oil paint on canvas, but he also made watercolours. Altmann preferred to find his subjects in water-rich areas, such as around the Reeuwijkse and Nieuwkoopse lakes, the Kager lakes (South Holland) and near Kortenhoef (Wijdemeren). Later he worked a lot in Oostvoorne,[3] on the South Holland island of Voorne-Putten. He also worked in France. His work can be called impressionistic. He was a teacher of Carla Stokdijk. He was a member of the artists' association Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.

Literature

Pieter A. Scheen, Lexicon of Dutch Visual Artists 1750-1950 (revised by P Scheen III), p. 8 (as: Altmann, Gerard)

Jacobs 2000, vol. 1, p. 66

Saur 1992-, AKL 2, 1992, p. 710

Also: Luns, Plasschaert, Mak van Waay, Waller.