Willem de Zwart

Willem de Zwart was a Dutch painter, watercolorist, etcher, artist and draftsperson (1862–1931). He was born at The Hague.

Also recorded as Willem De Zwart; Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes De Zwart; Willem Zwart; Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes Zwart; Wilhelmus Henricus Petrus Johannes Zwart; Willem de Zwart (1862-1931).

Willem de Zwart in brief

Born
1862
Died
1931
Known for
painter, watercolorist, etcher, artist and draftsperson
Place of birth
The Hague
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Identity and origins

Willem de Zwart was recorded at birth as Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes de Zwart. The authorities additionally record the headings Willem De Zwart, Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes De Zwart, Willem Zwart, Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes Zwart and Wilhelmus Henricus Petrus Johannes Zwart.

Career and activity

His work is associated with Hague School.

He was employed by Tegel- en Faiencefabriek Amphora. He belonged to Arti et Amicitiae and Hague School. He worked at Oegstgeest.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 3: Carriages Waiting, Jongenskop and Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl.

Recognition and collections

Willem de Zwart received Royal Prize for Painting. Work by Willem de Zwart is held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Gallery of Canada, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Kröller-Müller Museum.

Identity

What the record establishes about Willem de Zwart.

Stilleven met boeken en bladmuziek, op de achtergrond een zelfportret van Matthijs Maris is dated 1879 and held by Kröller-Müller Museum. Portrait of Willem van Schuylenburch (1646-1707) is dated 1910 and held by Instituut Collectie Nederland (inventory C852). Merry-Go-Round is dated 0761 and held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/ad75f5b16dc9bab3ae8ada3930798196. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading. Portrait of Hendrik Spaan (1851-1915) is dated 1904 and held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inventory 0334806). Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl is dated 1885 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3361).

Dune landscape with a goat is dated 1908 and held by Instituut Collectie Nederland (inventory E223). Lady in beach chair with playing child at the beach is dated 1897 and held by Frans Buffa & sons. Wegwerkers Loosduinseweg is dated 1890 and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 798). Bridge over a Canal is dated 1908 and held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (inventory St 16). Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3366). Girl with Japanese parasol is dated 1889 and held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inventory 0332013).

Landschap met geiten is catalogued and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 8105). De verdrijving uit het paradijs is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3506). The Railway Station is dated 1901 and held by National Gallery of Canada (inventory 615). Hauling out the boat is dated 1896 and held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag. private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag records 2 objects associated with this heading. Adam en Eva in het paradijs is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3505).

Aan het strand is dated 1905 and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 21989). Portrait of a black man is dated 1903 and held by Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection. Willem de Zwart is recorded as painter, watercolorist, etcher, artist and draftsperson. Landscape with cows is dated 1896 and held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Stalinterieur is catalogued and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 8117).

Authority records

The identifiers under which Willem de Zwart may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Willem de Zwart is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1809999.

Catalogued works

39 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 761 to 1930.

Merry-Go-Round, dated 0761, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/ad75f5b16dc9bab3ae8ada3930798196. Landscape with cows, dated 1896, held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Hauling out the boat, dated 1896, held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Stilleven met boeken en bladmuziek, op de achtergrond een zelfportret van Matthijs Maris, dated 1879, held by Kröller-Müller Museum. Carriages Waiting, dated 1890, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-2957. Jongenskop, dated 1885, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-2283. Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl, dated 1885, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3361. Street in Montmartre, dated 1890, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3362. In the barn, dated 1908, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3363. Hay Wagon, dated 1908, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3364. Crucifixion of Christ, dated 1930, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3365. Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, dated 1915, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3366. The Flood, dated 1915, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3367. De gevallen engel, dated 1908, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3368. Weide met koeien, dated 1900, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory B922. Adam en Eva in het paradijs, dated 1915, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3505. De verdrijving uit het paradijs, dated 1915, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3506. Kaïn en Abel, dated 1915, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-3507. Wagenbrug in The Hague, dated 1890, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory A 2373. Bridge over a Canal, dated 1908, held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, inventory St 16. Head of a boy, dated 1885, held by Kröller-Müller Museum, inventory KM 102.331. Portrait of Hendrik Spaan (1851-1915), dated 1904, held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag, inventory 0334806. Girl with Japanese parasol, dated 1889, held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag, inventory 0332013. Koestudie, dated 1879, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 523. Geraniums, dated 1893, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 2374. Landschap met geiten, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 8105. Aan het strand, dated 1905, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 21989. Stalinterieur, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 8117. Wegwerkers Loosduinseweg, dated 1890, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 798. In de polder, dated 1909, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 388. At the beach, dated 1886, held by Dordrechts Museum, inventory DM/011/975. Portrait of Willem van Schuylenburch (1646-1707), dated 1910, held by Instituut Collectie Nederland, inventory C852. Dune landscape with a goat, dated 1908, held by Instituut Collectie Nederland, inventory E223. The Railway Station, dated 1901, held by National Gallery of Canada, inventory 615. The Wagoner, dated 1914, held by Q2148186, inventory 29.100. Traction Horses, dated 1884, held by Q2148186, inventory 29.098. Lady in beach chair with playing child at the beach, dated 1897, held by Frans Buffa & sons. Market place, dated 1903, held by Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection. Portrait of a black man, dated 1903, held by Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 10 named public collections.

Rijksmuseum: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Kröller-Müller Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Kunstmuseum Den Haag: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Instituut Collectie Nederland: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q2148186: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Zwart, Willem [Wilhelmus Henricus Petrus Johannes] de, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Zwart, Willem, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Willem de Zwart studied at Royal Academy of Art.

The authority associates the name with Hague School.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Oegstgeest. Employment is recorded with Tegel- en Faiencefabriek Amphora. Membership is recorded of Arti et Amicitiae and Hague School.

Works named in the authority record are Carriages Waiting, Jongenskop and Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl.

Work by Willem de Zwart is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Gallery of Canada, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Kröller-Müller Museum and Fries Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Royal Prize for Painting.

Chronology

  1. 761Merry-Go-Round (http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/ad75f5b16dc9bab3ae8ada3930798196).
  2. 1862Willem de Zwart born at The Hague.
  3. 1862Willem de Zwart was born in 1862 at The Hague.
  4. 1879Stilleven met boeken en bladmuziek, op de achtergrond een zelfportret van Matthijs Maris is dated 1879 and held by Kröller-Müller Museum.
  5. 1879Stilleven met boeken en bladmuziek, op de achtergrond een zelfportret van Matthijs Maris (Kröller-Müller Museum).
  6. 1885Still Life with Apples in a Delft Blue Bowl is dated 1885 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3361).
  7. 1885Jongenskop (Rijksmuseum).
  8. 1889Girl with Japanese parasol is dated 1889 and held by Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inventory 0332013).
  9. 1890Wegwerkers Loosduinseweg is dated 1890 and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 798).
  10. 1890Carriages Waiting (Rijksmuseum).
  11. 1896Hauling out the boat is dated 1896 and held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag.
  12. 1896Landscape with cows is dated 1896 and held by private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag.
  13. 1896Landscape with cows (private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag).
  14. 1896Hauling out the boat (private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag).
  15. 1897Lady in beach chair with playing child at the beach is dated 1897 and held by Frans Buffa & sons.
  16. 1901The Railway Station is dated 1901 and held by National Gallery of Canada (inventory 615).
  17. 1903Portrait of a black man is dated 1903 and held by Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection.
  18. 1905Aan het strand is dated 1905 and held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (inventory A 21989).
  19. 1908Dune landscape with a goat is dated 1908 and held by Instituut Collectie Nederland (inventory E223).
  20. 1908Bridge over a Canal is dated 1908 and held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (inventory St 16).
  21. 1915Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3366).
  22. 1915De verdrijving uit het paradijs is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3506).
  23. 1915Adam en Eva in het paradijs is dated 1915 and held by Rijksmuseum (inventory SK-A-3505).
  24. 1931Willem de Zwart died at The Hague.
  25. 1931Willem de Zwart died in 1931 at The Hague.

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.

    Zwart, Willem [Wilhelmus Henricus Petrus Johannes] de, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  2. 2.

    Zwart, Willem, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 186 works naming Willem de Zwart.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1809999: Willem de Zwart

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  5. 5.

    “Willem de Zwart”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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