Willem Witsen (Dutch, 1860-1923)

Dorpsbuurt te Ede: A view in the village of Ede

细节

Willem Witsen (Dutch, 1860-1923)
Dorpsbuurt te Ede: A view in the village of Ede
signed lower left Witsen
watercolour on paper
46 x 58 cm

来源

E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., inv. no. 3592x (where purchased by the grandfather of the present owner).

出版

Leon Bénédite, De Schilderkunst der XIX-de Eeuw, (G.H. Marius ed.), Amsterdam 1910, p. 273 (illustrated).
N. van Harpen, Willem Witsen, Amsterdam 1924, p. 29. illus. no. 1.

展览

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拍品专文

During the nineties of the previous century Willem Witsen and his wife Betsy van Vloten lived a secluded and somewhat solitary life in the village of Ede: 'heerlijk alleen op een kleine villa./../.afgezonderd van andere huizen' (Erens, 1958, p. 246). It was during this so-called Ede period that the artist produced a series of paintings, watercolours, drawings and etchings depicting the vast and unspoilt surroundings of the Gelderland countryside. (see W. Loos a.o., Langs Velden en Wegen, Amsterdam 1997, pp. 324-325) Cherishing an obvious preference for snow-covered landscapes and townviews, Witsen in the present lot captures the stillness of a winterday in a rural village.