SOLD Watercolor by Anton Mauve

Signed l.r.

Watercolor

63 x 52,5 cm

Biography Anton Mauve 

Anton Mauve (Zaandam 1838-1888 Arnhem) was a watercolourist, painter and draftsman. Mauve was the son of a Mennonite minister. He wanted to become a painter from an early age and his father allowed him to do so provided he obtained the certificate for teaching drawing. At the beginning of his career he painted in the style of 'the Hague School', inspired by teachers such as cattle painter Pieter Frederik van Os, horse painter Wouter Verschuur and Paul Gabriël. Mauve was co-founder of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij, an association of watercolourists, of which Weissenbruch was also a member. The watercolor has matured partly thanks to Mauve.