Willem Maris

Willem Maris
Floris Arntzenius, Public domain

(1844–1910) Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School (1844-1910)

Willem Maris (Netherlands, 1844–1910) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Willem Maris belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Willem Maris was born in The Hague and died in The Hague. Willem Maris trained at Royal Academy of Art. Willem Maris studied under Fredericus van Rossum du Chattel. Wikidata associates Willem Maris with Hague School. Willem Maris became a member of Hague School. The students included George Hendrik Breitner and Frits Mondriaan.

The best-known works include ‘Cows in a soggy meadow’, ‘Eendjes’, and ‘Meadow with Cows by the Water’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 48 works by Willem Maris with free images. The dated works span the years 1859–1905. Works by Willem Maris are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Amsterdam Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John Gerrard Keulemans, Marguerite Roosenboom, Syrius Eberle, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, and Albert Neuhuys.