The Thunderstorm

The Thunderstorm

SK-A-4926

signature and date: ‘Tavenraat 1843’

The rapid, powerful brushwork of this landscape makes it look more like an oil sketch than a finished painting. As such, Tavenraat deviated from the path taken by most Dutch painters at the time. Instead of a smooth painting style and restrained sentiment, he opted for bright colours and dramatic effects of light and dark. His work thus more closely reflects international, mainly French, developments in Romantic painting.

'Tentoonstelling van schilder- en kunstwerken van Levende Meesters te Rotterdam', Kunstkronijk 5 (1844/45), p. 5-8, 11-14.

painter: Johannes Tavenraat

1843

olieverf op paneel

height 31.0 cm x width 39.8 cm

purchase 1997

Public domain

…; the artist's granddaughter, Maria Johanna Krabbe (1889-1967), The Hague, 1931;{Note RMA; Rotterdam 1931, no. 3.} ? from whom purchased by the dealer D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 1943;{Note RMA; RKD, The Hague, inv. no. 460, Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk Archive, no. MS 772, this source states Hoogendijk bought Tavenraat paintings from Ms M.J. Krabbe, The Hague, in 1943.} his son, Mr. D.W.W. Hoogendijk, Utrecht; from whom, fl. 70,000, with five other objects, to the museum, 1997

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

'Tentoonstelling van schilder- en kunstwerken van Levende Meesters te Rotterdam', Kunstkronijk 5 (1844/45), p. 5-8, 11-14.

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