Johan Hendrik van Mastenbroek (1875-1945) - In-/Uitgang Leuvehaven Rotterdam met in de verte de Boogbruggen

Watercolor of the Leuvehaven in Rotterdam in 1907.

Beautiful work in excellent condition. The entrance/exit of Leuvehaven with the Boogbruggen in the background to the right, visible blade size 28x48cm.
In possession of a gilded wooden frame with mat in very good condition. Recently framed, the work has been stored in a folder for many years. Therefore, the colors are still phenomenal!!

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Johan Hendrik van Mastenbroek was an Impressionist painter, considered part of the second generation of The Hague School. He gained international fame for his river and harbor scenes. The Rotterdam native was fascinated by the activity in the Rotterdam harbors and along the quays of the historic city, which remained fully intact before the outbreak of World War II. He primarily painted and watercolorized atmospheric, spacious cityscapes with boats and ships. His work is also sometimes compared to that of Jacob Maris, one of the more renowned masters of The Hague School, whom Van Mastenbroek greatly admired. Van Mastenbroek primarily painted his oil paintings at home in his studio, while his watercolors were more accurately created outdoors in nature.
At a certain point in his career, van Mastenbroek began to show more interest in the changing Dutch landscape, where industrialization became rapidly visible. Modern motorboats, steamships, steel bridges, and sometimes cranes and dockworkers appeared in the painter's work. The early 20th century was an exciting time, during which Rotterdam was developing into a world port. After the great flood disaster in 1916, which van Mastenbroek closely followed and documented in drawings, work finally began in 1920 on one of the most spectacular projects of the century, the Zuiderzee Works: the closure of the Zuiderzee, the formation of the IJsselmeer, and the drainage and reclamation of Flevoland.

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