Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915) was a Dutch art collector, painter and panoramist.

Also recorded as H. W. Mesdag; Henrik Willem Mesdag; Hendrik Mesdag; Hendrick Willem Mezdag; Henrik William Mesdag; h.w. mesdag.

Hendrik Willem Mesdag in brief

Born
1831
Died
1915
Known for
art collector, painter, panoramist, etcher, lithographer, watercolorist and draftsperson
Place of birth
Groningen
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Overview

Born at Groningen in 1831, died at The Hague in 1915.

In detail

Barbara Elisabeth van Houten is recorded as having studied under Hendrik Willem Mesdag. the recorded working language is Dutch.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are marine art and landscape. The authority associates the name with Hague School.

Membership is recorded of Hague School.

Works named in the authority record are Boten op het strand bij Scheveningen, Menno David Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1807–1891). Adjudant des konings, luitenant-generaal, Panorama Mesdag and Album amicorum attributed to Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), painter.

Work by Hendrik Willem Mesdag is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museo del Prado, Auckland Art Gallery, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Hendrik Willem Mesdag”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q474238: Hendrik Willem Mesdag

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