Jacob Maris was born on August 25, 1837. He was a Dutch painter, and he is remembered for his landscapes and his portraits of the Royal House of Orange especially. Particularly striking in his work is his depiction of clouds, the way he was able to capture their painterly feel in both subtle peacefulness and atmospheric life. His technique brought that vivacity to his scenes of Dutch towns with windmills, towpaths and rivers. M. Philippe Zilcken said of his work, “No painter has so well expressed the ethereal effects, bathed in air and light through floating silvery mist, in which painters delight, and the characteristic remote horizons blurred by haze; or again, the grey yet luminous weather of Holland, unlike the dead grey rain of England or the heavy sky of Paris.” Even with his subdued colors, Maris’ work captures such liveliness.
Shown above is his Ship on the Scheveningen Beach. Village near Schiedam and The Windmill are pictured below.
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