THE LAREN SCHOOL
Dutch Impressionism covers a very broad spectrum of art which can be roughly divided into two somewhat more specific main streams, the most famous of which is known as "The Hague School". By now it will be apparent that the so-called Hague School painters did not all come from The Hague; they frequented a place on which The Hague School was founded.
The second artists' colony of Dutch Impressionists was established in the small rural village of Laren, about 30 km's east of Amsterdam, and became known as "The Laren School".
Typical subjects for the Laren School painters were cottage interiors with peasant families, rather than atmospheric landscapes with cows and windmills.
The first artist to come to Laren and settle permanently was J.A. Neuhuys in 1877. He was very soon followed by Anton Mauve, J.S.H. Kever, and H. Valkenburg.
From 1900 on, Frans Langeveld, Lammert v.d. Tonge, Evert Pieters, Wally Moes, Tony Offermans, J. and W. Dooyewaard, W.G.F. Jansen, Cornelis Vreedenburgh, David Schulman, H.J. Wolter, W.A. Knip, G.J. Sijthoff, B. de Hoog, B. Pothast and many others travelled to Laren.
They congregated at the famous Hamdorff Hotel, where they talked, drank and discussed matters of artistic importance.
In 1931 Jan Hamdorff died and very soon afterwards the American benefactor, William Singer, began to collect works by the Laren School painters.
The outbreak of World War II saw the end of this very fruitful cultural period in the village of Laren
Lammert van der Tonge (1871-1937)
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Lammert van der Tonge (1871-1937)
Children reading in an interior
signed L.v.d. Tonge, oil on canvas
26.5 x 19.5 cm
Children reading in an interior
signed L.v.d. Tonge, oil on canvas
26.5 x 19.5 cm