Evert Moll (1878-1955) - Haven van Scheveningen

This concerns a top work by the well-known artist Evert Moll.
"Haven van Scheveningen"
The painting measures 50 cm x 70 cm without the frame and is in excellent condition.
Signed bottom right and it still has the original frame, which is included free of charge.
The provenance is Kunsthandel R. Polak from The Hague, and this painting is also depicted in Evert Moll’s book.
(See photos) and it was auctioned at Venduehuis in The Hague in 2004 for €4,130 including premium.
Moll, Evert [4 ]
Voorburg, 15 December 1878 – The Hague, 10 May 1955

Biography: Evert Moll
Evert Moll lived and worked from 1895 to 1930 in Voorburg, London, Paris, The Hague, and Rotterdam. He then settled in The Hague. There he received guidance from Willem Maris and educated himself further. He worked a lot on commissions for art dealers in the United States and Canada. He painted landscapes, but especially river, sea, and harbor views, and in his later years also still lifes. Works by Evert Moll are held, among others, in the Rijkscollectie (State Collection), the Zuiderzeemuseum, and the Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum. Evert Moll was not a radical innovator and not an artist with an insatiable urge for renewal. New developments seemed to pass him by without notice. He remained faithful to himself and to the principles of the Hague School. Evert Moll is best known for his more than a thousand harbor views. Not much of this painter’s life is widely documented. It is known, however, that he liked to spend a lot of time in the Rotterdam harbor. The goings-on and the bustle of the colossal ships captivated him immensely. He loved the smell of the water, the fuel oil, and the wind. Evert Moll was more than a painter of harbor scenes. More than half of his total oeuvre consists of landscapes, cityscapes, and floral still lifes. Even when Moll painted landscapes and cityscapes, he could not resist painting a lot of water. Many of his landscapes are painted from, or with a view of, the water. Evert Moll, born in Voorburg and virtually spending his entire life within a broad circle between The Hague and Rotterdam, is self-taught. From a young age he was friends with Albert Roelofs, the son of the famous Hague School painter Willem Roelofs. At Roelofs’ house he came into contact with artists who, around the turn of the century, shaped the Dutch art climate. Moll could initially afford to paint what he wanted. He led a relatively carefree life, until his father was declared bankrupt in 1908. Then there was a lot of hard work to make ends meet. That Moll remained loyal to the principles of the Hague School all his life does not mean he did not develop. As he aged, his initially sober color palette and broad brushstrokes gave way to richer and more varied colors and a finer painting technique. Moll painted mostly outdoors. With his folding chair and paper on his lap, he sat by the water. Many of his works are of the same size: 19 by 31 centimeters. This is precisely the size of his painting box that he used as an ‘underlay.’ These panels often served as study for the larger works that arose in his studio. Moll’s harbor views can be read like a history book. At the beginning of the 20th century he captured maritime development: how harbors expanded, ships grew larger, and sailing ships gave way to motor ships. Work in the Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, i.e.: ‘View of the Waal’ (loan). In the Zuiderzeemuseum, i.e.: ‘The Old Harbor at Enkhuizen’ and in the Rijkscollectie, i.e.: ‘Stormy Sea’ and ‘Port of Rotterdam.’