. The art of the Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries . e lower truth of photographic accuracy. Herman J. van der Weele (born 1852) studiedpainting while earning his living as teacher ofdrawing. He was greatly influenced by Mauve,whose subjects he follows without falling intoslavish imitation. His are strong, healthy impres-sions of outdoors — an old woman gathering fag-ots, or a flock of sheep in a shady corner, or anautumn scene. Therese Schwartze (born 1852) i
. The art of the Netherland galleries : being a history of the Dutch school of painting illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries . e lower truth of photographic accuracy. Herman J. van der Weele (born 1852) studiedpainting while earning his living as teacher ofdrawing. He was greatly influenced by Mauve,whose subjects he follows without falling intoslavish imitation. His are strong, healthy impres-sions of outdoors — an old woman gathering fag-ots, or a flock of sheep in a shady corner, or anautumn scene. Therese Schwartze (born 1852) is the daughterof a worthy portrait painter, George Schwartze,who died in 1874. Soon after his death the tal-ented young woman went to Munich and paintedthere for two years under the influence of GabrielMax, Piloty, and especially of Lenbach. Pilotysaid to her: ^* If you were a man you would ac-complish many things; your feminine want of self-confidence will always stand in your light, unlessyou learn how to throw off this timidity, and be-come an independent being. This independenceshe has fully acquired, especially through the wisehints of her fathers old friend, Joseph Ube f flf Century 5)utcb painters 195 To-day she is one of the most vigorous of portraitpainters, who, without exaggerating breadth ofhandhng, gives body and sculpturesque roundnessto her human documents. Her counterfeit of theBoer General Piet Joubert was regarded as one ofthe finest portraits in the Paris 1900 Exposition forits force and ripeness. While she has painted agood many figure pieces, she is most popularly ac-claimed for her charming Orphan Girls in themunicipal black and red costumes of Amsterdam. George Poggenbeek (1852-1903), whose deathcame all too soon, was one of the most promisingof Dutch artists, racy of the soil, and by naturefitted to portray the beauty and charm of its land-scape. Influenced by Mauve, he painted much withhis friend Bastert in the province of Utrecht, wherethe
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