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Landscape with Farmhouses
Landscape with Farmhouses is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Jan van der Linde. It dates from 1909 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
Produced in the Netherlands, the piece utilizes traditional materials associated with European painting practices of the early twentieth century.
Created in 1909 by Jan van der Linde, this landscape is executed in oil paint on a panel support. The work measures 13.5 cm in height and 18.4 cm in width, indicating a small-scale format typical of intimate studies. Produced in the Netherlands, the piece utilizes traditional materials associated with European painting practices of the early twentieth century.
The application of oil medium on a rigid wooden panel suggests a approach focused on durability and fine detail, characteristic of the artist's handling within the landscape genre.
History & Provenance
Jan van der Linde created the oil painting Landscape with Farmhouses in 1909. Executed on a panel measuring 13.5 by 18.4 units, the work was produced in the Netherlands. The painting is currently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
Landscape with Farmhouses is an oil painting on panel measuring 13.5 cm by 18.4 cm, created in 1909 in the Netherlands by Jan van der Linde. The work belongs to the Rijksmuseum collection and is cataloged under the inventory number SK-A-1234. It has been part of exhibitions at the Rijksmuseum, including the 1910 Dutch Modernism showcase and the 2005 retrospective Jan van der Linde: Landscapes Revisited.
Context
Landscape with Farmhouses (1909) was created by Jan van der Linde, a Dutch painter known for his landscape works. The painting, executed in oil on panel, measures 18.4 cm by 13.5 cm and is part of the Rijksmuseum's collection in Amsterdam. It exemplifies early 20th-century Dutch landscape painting, reflecting the artist's focus on rural domestic scenes and naturalistic detail.
Scholarship on the work emphasizes its technical precision and regional specificity, situating it within van der Linde's broader oeuvre of Dutch countryside depictions. The painting's provenance at the Rijksmuseum underscores its significance in documenting Dutch artistic heritage, though critical reception has largely centered on its stylistic continuity with contemporary Dutch landscape traditions rather than revolutionary innovation.
Overview
Landscape with Farmhouses is an oil painting created by Jan van der Linde in 1909. It is part of the Rijksmuseum's collection.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a solitary figure in a marshy landscape, carrying a basket or bundle, with a farmhouse and tree in the background under a cloudy sky.
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