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Matthijs Maris
Matthijs Maris

Matthijs Maris

Dutch, 1839 – 1917
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Matthias Maris was a Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer. He was also known as Matthijs Maris or Thijs. He initially belonged to the Hague School, like his two brothers, Jacob and Willem, but his later works deviated more and more from that school into a unique style influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites.

He was born in The Hague. At the age of twelve, he registered at the Hague Academy of Art, but did not pass the entrance exam. Therefore, he took lessons from Isaac Cornelis Elink Sterk, secretary of the Academy. One year later he was admitted and studied there until 1855. In 1854 he became a pupil of the marine painter Louis Meijer, who helped him obtain a grant from Queen Sophie that enabled him to follow his brother Jacob to Antwerp, where they rented rooms together. In 1858 Matthijs returned to The Hague, where Jacob already had a studio they could share. A later commission enabled them to travel in and start painting in Oosterbeek with painters as Gerard Bilders and Anton Mauve.

In 1860 he traveled with his brother Jacob along the Rhine to Switzerland and back through France to the Netherlands. In Cologne the brothers saw an exhibition that presented an overview of German art since 1800, which intensified the influence of German Romanticism on Matthijs.

Upon his return to the Netherlands Matthijs showed some of his works in Amsterdam and The Hague, but they were not well received. This led him to become bitter and withdrawn. Jacob was having success in Paris, and invited Matthijs to join him there, which he did in 1869. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 Jacob returned to The Hague with his family and the loneliness after the departure of Jacob was difficult for Matthijs. There was bitter poverty for him, as for so many artists at that time in Paris, so he went back to work. His style changed very little and was more reminiscent of the earlier period. Later he would distance himself from these works, dismissing them as 'potboilers', only painted in order to put food on the table.

An art dealer Daniel Cottier convinced him to settle in London, which he did in 1877. There he painted more imaginative scenes: fairytale characters and enchanted castles. He also painted a number of brides in fine gray tones, delicate and hazy like a dream. He made portraits, especially of the children of friends such as Baby lessor (private collection, 1880) and Barije Swan (Gemeentemuseum, 1887), the fragile child in her white and gray painted lace dress with fine color accents of yellow lemon and the blue ribbons. Children, whether or not combined with animals, were always a favorite subject. He painted portraits and figure in gray-brown tones in many layers, using dry loose paint. The image is as it were veiled in mist.

Maris died in London on 22 August 1917, when he was seventy-eight, following a short illness, and was buried there.

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Study of the head of a young woman in profile

Study of the head of a young woman in profile

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Christening Procession in Lausanne

Christening Procession in Lausanne

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The Creditors

The Creditors (c. 1855 - 1856)

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Jeugdig paar

Jeugdig paar (1849 - 1917)

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Interieur met een familie rond een haard

Interieur met een familie rond een haard (1849 - 1917)

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Zeegezicht, after Johannes Christiaan Schotel

Zeegezicht, after Johannes Christiaan Schotel (1849 - 1917)

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Landscape
Landschap , after Johann Bernard Klombeek

Landschap , after Johann Bernard Klombeek (1849 - 1917)

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Landscape
Boslandschap met watervalletje, after Johann Bernard Klombeek

Boslandschap met watervalletje, after Johann Bernard Klombeek (1849 - 1917)

Matthijs Maris (Dutch, 1839 – 1917)
Landscape
Fairytale

Fairytale (c. 1877)

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Mythology
The Noord-West-Buitensingel in The Hague

The Noord-West-Buitensingel in The Hague (c. 1863)

Matthijs Maris (Dutch, 1839 – 1917)
Landscape
The Nieuwe Haarlemse Sluis at the Singel, known as ‘Souvenir d’Amsterdam’

The Nieuwe Haarlemse Sluis at the Singel, known as ‘Souvenir d’Amsterdam’ (1871)

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Landscape
Study of an Old Woman

Study of an Old Woman (c. 1856 - c. 1857)

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Portrait Study

Portrait Study (1856)

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Portrait of Ludwig Casimir (‘Louis’) Sierig (1834-1919), Painter

Portrait of Ludwig Casimir (‘Louis’) Sierig (1834-1919), Painter (1858)

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Portrait of Jacob Maris

Portrait of Jacob Maris (1857)

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Kitchen

Kitchen (1859)

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Dutch veiled lady

Dutch veiled lady

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Ecce homo

Ecce homo (1854-1917)

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Religion
The enchanted castle

The enchanted castle

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A Corner of the Hague

A Corner of the Hague

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Boat with a Pollard Willow

Boat with a Pollard Willow (1863)

Matthijs Maris (Dutch, 1839 – 1917)
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Maria en Josef gaan met Jezus de tempel in

Maria en Josef gaan met Jezus de tempel in

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Maria voedt het kindje, Josef kijkt toe

Maria voedt het kindje, Josef kijkt toe

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Ophelia gooit bloemen in het water

Ophelia gooit bloemen in het water

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Scène uit een toneelstuk van Shakespeare

Scène uit een toneelstuk van Shakespeare

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Drawings
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