Matthijs Maris (1839-1917) - Marktgezicht

This concerns a rare painting by the enigmatic painter Matthijs Maris 1839-1917.
A market scene depicted in a strong and mysterious manner.
The work is approximately dated around 1870.
The painting is from somewhere in the 20th century, re-stretched on a new frame, and is in very reasonable condition.
Signed bottom right with monogram MM as he often did.
The measurements of the canvas without a frame are 24.5cm x 32cm.
The original list is included but deserves some attention and isn't quite perfect.
Paintings by this mysterious painter are sought after and an enrichment to any collection.

There was bitter poverty for him, as for so many artists at that time in Paris, so he went back to work. His style changed very little and was more reminiscent of the earlier period. Later he would distance himself from these works, dismissing them as 'potboilers', only painted in order to put food on the table.

An art dealer, Daniel Cottier, convinced him to settle in London, which he did in 1877. There, he painted more imaginative scenes: fairytale characters and enchanted castles. He also painted a number of brides in fine gray tones, delicate and hazy like a dream. He created portraits, especially of the children of friends such as Baby Lessor (private collection, 1880) and Barije Swan (Gemeentemuseum, 1887), the fragile child in her white and gray painted lace dress with fine color accents of yellow lemon and blue ribbons. Children, whether or not combined with animals, were always a favorite subject. He painted portraits and figures in gray-brown tones in many layers, using dry, loose paint. The image is as if veiled in mist.

Maris died in London on August 22, 1917, at the age of seventy-eight, after a brief illness, and was buried there.