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Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée Dutch, 1837-1904
Description
- Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée
- Sorting the catch on Scheveningen beach
- signed and dated 90 l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 80 by 130 cm.
Provenance
Sale Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 7 October 1947, lot 207, illustrated
Sale The Hague (Hirschberg), 24 May 1966, lot 224, illustrated
Sale Amsterdam (Sotheby Mak van Waay), 23 April 1979, lot 314, illustrated in colour
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Condition
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Catalogue Note
Philip Sadée, born in The Hague in 1837, made his debut at the age of twenty. He started as a painter of historical subjects and genre scenes, which earned him considerable success. Inspired by the Dusseldorf genre painter Albert Kindler, with whom he studied for half a year, Sadée adopted the colourful and higly finished style for which he became most famous.
A stay in the fishing village of Scheveningen in 1868 aroused his interest in the fishing genre. Sadée worked in the dunes and on the beach, which became an inexhaustible source of inspiration. He returned there regularly, especially during the autumn season, when there were much activities on the beach and the skies were filled with beautiful greyish tones which he liked so much. These subtle, subdued tonalities gave the Hague School it's nickname of 'Grey School'.
The present lot depicts the daily activities on Scheveningen beach. We see fishermen bringing in the catch, while fisherwomen are sorting and selling the fish on the beach. In many ways, this large and beautifully detailed picture can be regarded as a masterpiece in the oeuvre of Sadée.