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Hendrik Willem Mesdag - Bomschuiten in the breakers

Bomschuiten in the breakers (1890)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
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Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Hendrik Willem Mesdag was a Dutch marine painter.
He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art. He married Sina van Houten in 1856, and when they inherited a fortune from her father, Mesdag retired from banking at the age of 35 to pursue a career as a painter.

He studied in Brussels with Willem Roelofs and in 1868 moved to The Hague to paint the sea. In 1870 he exhibited at the Paris Salon and won the gold medal for The Breakers of the North Sea.

In 1880 he received a commission from a Belgian company to paint a panorama giving a view over the village of Scheveningen on the North Sea coast near The Hague. With the help of Sina and students he completed the enormous painting, Panorama Mesdag,— 14 m high and 120 m around — by 1881. However, the vogue for panoramas was coming to an end, and when the company operating it went bust in 1886, Mesdag purchased the painting at auction and thereafter funding its operating losses from his own pocket.

He joined the art society of The Hague (the Pulchri Studio) and in 1889 was elected chairman. In 1903 he gave his house at Laan van Meerdervoort and his collection of paintings to the Netherlands; the house is now the Museum Mesdag.

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Sunday Morning

Sunday Morning

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Bluff-Bowed Scheveningen Boats at Anchor

Bluff-Bowed Scheveningen Boats at Anchor (1860 - 1889)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Bomschuiten At Sea

Bomschuiten At Sea

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
View Of A Harbor

View Of A Harbor (1884)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
At Sea

At Sea (1893)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
The casting of the anchor

The casting of the anchor

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Polderseelandschaft mit eingefrorenen Schiffen

Polderseelandschaft mit eingefrorenen Schiffen

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Zee met pinken

Zee met pinken (1906)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91). Adjudant des konings, luitenant-generaal

Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807-91). Adjudant des konings, luitenant-generaal (1874)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
The Return Of The Fishing Fleet On Scheveningen Beach

The Return Of The Fishing Fleet On Scheveningen Beach (1894)

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Fishing boats at anchor on a choppy sea

Fishing boats at anchor on a choppy sea

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Weigh Anchor

Weigh Anchor

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Fishing vessels at the shore

Fishing vessels at the shore

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Return Of The Fishing Fleet

Return Of The Fishing Fleet

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
Off The Coast

Off The Coast

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915)
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