George Hendrik Breitner
(1857–1923) Dutch painter (1857–1923)
George Hendrik Breitner (Netherlands, 1857–1923) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, George Hendrik Breitner belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
George Hendrik Breitner was born in Rotterdam and died in Amsterdam. George Hendrik Breitner trained at Royal Academy of Art, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, and Willem de Kooning Academy. The teachers included August Allebé, Charles Rochussen, and Willem Maris. George Hendrik Breitner worked in Brussels, Ghent, Mechelen, and Paris. Wikidata associates George Hendrik Breitner with Hague School. George Hendrik Breitner became a member of Arti et Amicitiae. George Hendrik Breitner was awarded Royal Prize for Painting. The students included Coba Ritsema.
The best-known works include ‘The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam’, ‘Girl in a White Kimono’, and ‘Rijdende artillerie’. The works belong mainly to the genres still life, portrait, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 114 works by George Hendrik Breitner with free images. The dated works span the years 1880–1923. Works by George Hendrik Breitner are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bramine Hubrecht, Wally Moes, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Darío de Regoyos, and Antonio Herrera Toro.