Sunday, June 18, 2023

Dutch Painter Jan Veth

Jan Pieter Veth (1864 - 1925) was a Dutch artist who painted carefully observed realism with a muted palette.

Levi de Hartog by Jan Veth

This portrait of a Jewish jurist is lit by a soft, frontal light source.

Arnold Aletrino - Jan Veth , 1885. Dutch,1864-1925 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm

Veth studied painting at the Amsterdam Rijksacademie, which set him up to paint notable Dutch people, such as Arnold Aletrino, a physician, anthropologist, and writer.


Veth was also a university lecturer and an art critic. He wrote for the magazine De Kroniek and was a professor of art history at the University of Amsterdam.


Veth wasn't afraid of tackling a technically challenging subject, such as this set of building facades behind the branches of a tree.

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1 comment:

  1. MariAugust 1, 2023 at 3:43 PM

    Love the second portrait. Apparently along with physician and anthropologist, he was a cat lover. Unless it's the cat was the physician and anthropologist, and the man was "portrait-bombing".

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