Charles Leickert

Fishermen and Fishing Boats on Scheveningen Beach, n. d.

The bright atmosphere of the slightly cloudy high sky, the warm light and the balanced composition give the viewer an idealised impression of life on the coast – entirely at odds with the harsh, even perilous circumstances to which 19th-century fishermen were exposed for most of the year. Although the two beached fishing boats are yet to be completely unloaded, the interactions between the coastal inhabitants who have come to the beach suggest a very unhurried mood. Like his great role model, An...

Signatur: Ch Leickert, unten rechts, handschriftlich

(...); Kunsthandel, Niederlande (bis 2002); MKdW (2002).
[Weiterführende Literatur] Harry J. Kraaij: Charles Leickert 1816–1907. Painter of the Dutch Landscape, Schiedam 1996.

Charles Leickert (1816 - 1907)

Fishermen and Fishing Boats on Scheveningen Beach

n. d.

Oil on wood

15 x 20 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 1 LEI 02

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2002

Not on display