Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Haverman, Public domain

(1831–1915) nederländsk marinmålare

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Netherlands, 1831–1915) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Hendrik Willem Mesdag belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Hendrik Willem Mesdag was born in Groningen and died in The Hague. Wikidata associates Hendrik Willem Mesdag with Hague School. Hendrik Willem Mesdag became a member of Pulchri Studio. The students included Barbara Elisabeth van Houten.

The best-known works include ‘Boten op het strand bij Scheveningen’ and ‘Panorama Mesdag’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art and landscape painting. The catalogue has 47 works by Hendrik Willem Mesdag with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1898. Works by Hendrik Willem Mesdag are held by several collections, among them private collection Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, Rijksmuseum, and Brooklyn Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pierre Cuypers, Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, Taco Mesdag, Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, and Édouard Brandon.