Charles Leickert

Schlittschuhläufer an einem kalten Wintertag, n. d.

It is a cold winter’s day: the wind buffets the clothes of the people skating on the frozen river or strolling along its snow-clad banks. Rising up in the background is the silhouette of a city with a tall church steeple – possibly the Grote Kerk in The Hague. The dark sky seems foreboding, threatening to deposit fresh snow on the countryside when evening comes. Although Leickert’s compositions are inspired by the works of his role model, Andreas Schelfhout, his brushwork is more open and less d...

Signatur: Ch Leickert, unten rechts, handschriftlich

Kunsthandel, Niederlande (bis 2008); MKdW (2008).
Harry J. Kraaij.: Charles Leickert 1816–1907. Painter of the Dutch Landscape, Schiedam 1996

Charles Leickert (1816 - 1907)

Schlittschuhläufer an einem kalten Wintertag

n. d.

Oil on wood

14.5 x 21.5 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 1 LEI 03

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2008

Not on display