Le Bonheur d'une Mere by David Adolph Constant Artz

Le Bonheur d'une Mère

Artist David Adolph Constant Artz (The Hague, Netherlands, 1837 - 1890)

Date1869

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 61 cm, Width: 44 cm
Frame: Height: 93.5 cm, Width: 75.3 cm

AcquisitionAlexander Macdonald Bequest, 1901.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002208

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About MeDavid Artz was a pupil of Jozef Israels and a close friend of the Aberdeen artist George Reid. This painting is a modern interpretation of a traditional Dutch theme, which was developed by Hague School artists who went on to have an important influence on their Scottish contemporaries.

Although painted in Paris, Artz has recreated a Dutch scene and was known to have a trunk of traditional Dutch clothes in his Paris studio.

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This painting is a modern interpretation of the traditional Dutch theme of domestic life, which was developed by Hague School artists who went on to have an important influence on their Scottish contemporaries.