Hobbe Smith
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Hobbe Smith (7 December 1862, Witmarsum – 1 May 1942, Amsterdam)[1] was a Dutch painter, watercolorist and graphic designer, in the Post-Impressionist style.
Biography[]
His father was a house painter and he was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age.[citation needed] He attended attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, the Tekenacademie (Antwerpen), and the Quellinusschool.[2]
Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat.[3]
He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris. In 1888, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae.[3]
Smith's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4]
- Works by Hobbe Smith
Odalisque
Nude
Bathing Nymphs
Windmill
Portrait with Floral Wreath
References[]
- ^ "Smith, Hobbe". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Hobbe Smith". RKD. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.
- ^ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
Further reading[]
- Norbert Middelkoop, Gezicht op het IJ: Hobbe Smith en de Amsterdamse haven in 1913, Amsterdam Museum, 2013 ISBN 90-7136-110-1
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- 1862 births
- 1942 deaths
- 19th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- 20th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch watercolourists
- Dutch Impressionist painters
- Dutch marine artists
- People from Wûnseradiel