At the Orphanage in Katwijk-Binnen by Adolph Artz was created in 1870. The painting is in Rijkmuseum Amsterdam. The size of the work is 97 x 130 cm and is made as an oil on canvas.
About the Artist: Dutch painter and collector Adolph Artz was born in The Hague. From 1855 to 1864 Artz trained with J.H. Egenberger and Louis Royer at the Amsterdam Academie. There he met Jozef Israëls, whose fishing subjects were to be a lasting source of inspiration for Artz. He worked with Israëls in Zandvoort in 1859. Unlike Israëls, however, Artz depicted only the more cheerful sides of the fisherman’s life.
The two painters also worked closely together for a number of years. They often painted in the dunes near Scheveningen. Unlike the sober-atmospheric Israels, however, Artz mainly focused on the sunny, cheerful side of fishing life. He was also sharper in his pen drawing and more careful in the color composition. He was distinguished by his eye for detail, including in the clothing of his figures. His color palette was relatively light.
From 1855 to 1864 he was a member of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. Technically, he distinguished himself from Israëls in his use of sharp outlines and bright colour. Between 1866 and 1874 Artz stayed in Paris where he set up his own studio at the suggestion of Courbet. Read more
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