Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg

Sale The Hague (Pulchri Studio), Atelier Klinkenberg, 9-10 December 1924, lot 162, illustrated (sold for Dfl. 1550)
Sale The Hague (Venduehuis der Notarissen), 30 January 1929, lot 59 (sold for Dfl. 1400)
Private collection, The Netherlands

W. Laanstra, Johannes Christiaan Klinkenberg (1852-1924). De meester van het zonnige stadsgezicht, Laren 2000, p. 208, cat.no. O/98-1, illustrated in colour

The canvas has been relined. Some retouches along the left and upper edge due to frame abrasion. some minor hairline craquelure in the sky. Otherwise in good condition.
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Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg, born in 1852 as a son of a gunsmith, followed lessons in the workshops of the genre painter Christoffel Bisschop and the well known marine painter Louis Meijer.

Throughout his long artistic career he visited numerous towns and villages in both the Netherlands and Belgium, finding inspiration in the historical architecture which he painted with great dedication and in a distinctive, personal manner. In the seventies of the nineteenth century Klinkenberg developed an unique style with a good balance of artistry and a high level of technique, keeping a keen eye for historical characteristics. While concentrating on depicting monumental architecture, Klinkenberg not often included human figures in his works. As this lot shows well, the presence of a group of fisherwomen in traditional Arnemuiden costumes, returning from the market in Vlissingen, adds an element of liveliness to this attractive painting.

During his lifetime Klinkenberg kept this remarkable painting in his personal possession. It was sold after his death in the sale of his studio, which was held in the rooms of the Hague society Pulchi Studio on the Lange Voorhout in 1924. It was without question one of the highlights in this sale.