George Hendrik Breitner Reclining nude 1857 - 1923 Netherlands
Painter and photographer George Hendrik Breitner (September 12, 1857, Rotterdam - June 5, 1923, Amsterdam) was a member of the Dutch artist group known as 'De Tachtigers'('The Eighties') because of their artistic influence in the years of 1880, including painters like Isaac Israëls, Willem Witsen, and poets like Willem Kloos. The Hague reitner introduced a realism to the Netherlands that created shock waves similar to that of Courbet and Manet's in France. In his early years, the corn merchant van Stolk, who was interested in art, played an influential role. He financially supported the young painter from 1877 to 1883, but his conservative taste clashed with Breitner's particular style. From 1876-1880 Breitner attended the Academy in the Hague where his extraordinary talent was rewarded on various occasions. From October 1878 till April 1879 he worked as an art teacher at the Leiden academy Ars Aemula Naturae. In 1880 he was expelled from the Art Academy of The Hague for misconduct, because he had destroyed the regulations-board. In the same year he lived at landscapist Willem Maris's place at Loosduinen and was accepted as a member of Pulchri Studio, an important artist's society in The Hague. From 1880-1881 he worked at the famous Panorama Mesdag together with Hendrik Mesdag, S. Mesdag-van Houten, Theophile de Bock and Barend Blommers. In 1882 he met and worked together with Vincent van Gogh, with whom he often went sketching in the poorer areas of The Hague.
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