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Willem Witsen

Portrait of Willem Witsen
Portrait of Willem Witsen

Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1860–1923

Willem Witsen was a Kingdom of the Netherlands Impressionism painter. 15 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Willem Witsen was born in Amsterdam.

Willem Arnoldus Witsen (13 August 1860 – 13 April 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Witsen's work, influenced by James McNeill Whistler, often portrayed calm urban landscapes as well as agricultural scenes. He also created portraits and photographs of prominent figures of the Amsterdam art world, as well as other artists, such as French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.

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