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Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born on February 23, 1831 in Groningen. His father, a merchant and banker, was an amateur painter who saw to it that his two sons were also educated in the art of painting. He 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 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. Preparations for departureIn 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 .

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag Terug van de Vischvangst oil painting artist


Hendrik Willem Mesdag Terug van de Vischvangst oil painting artist

Terug van de Vischvangst
Painting ID::  37816
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mk129 Olieverf op doek 130x100cm

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen oil painting artist


Hendrik Willem Mesdag Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen oil painting artist

Flat-bottomed Fishing Pinks and Fisherfolk at Scheveningen
Painting ID::  37914
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mk129 Mesdag-s subject follows in the footsteps of his 17th-century forbears

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag In Danger oil painting artist


Hendrik Willem Mesdag In Danger oil painting artist

In Danger
Painting ID::  70326
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Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 91 X 125.6 cm

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag Night at Scheveningen oil painting artist


Hendrik Willem Mesdag Night at Scheveningen oil painting artist

Night at Scheveningen
Painting ID::  84488
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Medium Oil on canvas cyf

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Hendrik Willem Mesdag Pinks in the Surf oil painting artist


Hendrik Willem Mesdag Pinks in the Surf oil painting artist

Pinks in the Surf
Painting ID::  91450
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c. 1875(1875) - c. 1885(1885) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 90 x 181 cm (35.4 x 71.3 in) cjr

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