Hendrik-Jan Neuland, Farmhouse Interior With Fireplace

Hendrik-Jan Neuland, Farmhouse Interior With FireplaceA charming 20th century oil on canvas depicting a cosy farmhouse interior with a roaring fire and various utensils. The artist, Hendrik Jan Neuland (1928 2009), was part of a group that worked alongside Dutch painter Adrianus Johannes Zwart (1903 1981). Neuland painted in a very similar style to Zwart and they both produced interior scenes featuring the same fireplace from various angles. Zwart studied at the Academy for Visual Arts in The Hague and

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Frame with light age-related wear

The coiffure was a ‘must-have’ hairstyle in the 1890s as this article from 1894 explains:

Note how the gap in the clouds on the right seems to give the composition balance and offset the dense trees on the left

It’s also interesting to note the unconventional look of the subject - she’s beautiful but not in a traditional way (e

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 16” x 13” / 40cm x 33cmYear of creation: 2019Provenance: EnglandCondition: Very good overall

he must’ve found great solace in his art as by the age of 19 he gained access to the Academy in Düsseldorf

was trained by the great landscape painter

And if you cast your eyes upwards

It’s beautifully stark and strangely atmospheric

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 23½” x 15½” / 60cm x 39cmYear of creation: c

since no fashion is so capable of affecting the actual expression of her countenance as is one that pertains to the arrangement of the hair