Peaceful Forest
Everhardus Koster (Den Haag 1817 - Dordrecht 1892)
Lot-No. 428
Proceeds : 2.400 €
Oil/canvas, 80 x 100 cm, lo. le. sign. E. Koster ft, on the reverse handwritten confirmation of authenticity by the artist for the commissioner of the painting, A. D'Huyretter jr. in Antwerp, on the stretcher Christie's block stamp. - Provenance: Commissioner A. D'Huyretter, Antwerp; Christie's; lastly private collection Schleswig-Holstein. - Dutch landscape painter. K. studied at the Academy in The Hague and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt from 1839. He settled in Amsterdam in 1848 and became a member of the academy there in 1852. In 1876 he became director of the Museum of Modern Art in Haarlem. Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Brüssel, Haarlem. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Scheen.
Everhardus Koster: Peaceful Forest
Everhardus Koster (Den Haag 1817 - Dordrecht 1892)
Peaceful Forest
Lot-No. 428
Proceeds : 2.400 €
Oil/canvas, 80 x 100 cm, lo. le. sign. E. Koster ft, on the reverse handwritten confirmation of authenticity by the artist for the commissioner of the painting, A. D'Huyretter jr. in Antwerp, on the stretcher Christie's block stamp. - Provenance: Commissioner A. D'Huyretter, Antwerp; Christie's; lastly private collection Schleswig-Holstein. - Dutch landscape painter. K. studied at the Academy in The Hague and at the Städelschule in Frankfurt from 1839. He settled in Amsterdam in 1848 and became a member of the academy there in 1852. In 1876 he became director of the Museum of Modern Art in Haarlem. Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Brüssel, Haarlem. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Scheen.
