Fetching water

Details

August Allebé (Dutch, 1838-1927)
Fetching water
signed and dated 'AAllebé/69' (lower right)
oil on panel
48 x 36.5 cm.

Provenance

Kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen, Amsterdam.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 3 May 1988, lot 21, ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 April 1996, lot 193, ill.

Literature

J. Knoef MS, August Allebé, unpublished typescript, pp. 89, 102, 108.
Wiepke Loos (ed.), 'Waarde heer Allebé', Leven en werk van August Allebé (1838-1927), Zwolle 1988, p. 129, ill. and p. 168, cat.no. 84.

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Lot Essay

While in Brussels, where Allebé lived as of 1868, the painter felt free to disengage himself from the Amsterdam artistic milieu and to chose a different style of painting. During these years he moved towards a more objective form of naturalism even though his productivity was relatively low. The present lot is a fine example of this period where Allebé used stronger colours and strived for a higher degree of tonality.

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