Adriaan de la Riviere - Market view in the big city

Beautiful framed gouache in excellent condition. Dimensions 41 x 26 cm. Including the frame 56 x 43 cm. Signed. Shipping costs an additional 20.00. Adriaan La Riviere, born and died in Rotterdam 1857–1941, lived and worked in Rotterdam, Munich, Amsterdam 1887, The Hague after 1893, Etten-Leur 1898–1899, and again Munich 1899–1900. A student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, he received the Royal Grant in 1897. Exhibitions in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, etc. 1881–1900; work is also included in the Museum Boymans van Beuningen. Between approximately 1880 and 1940, Adriaan de la Rivière painted, watercolored, and drew strongly narrative genre pieces of everyday life in the city and the countryside in a lighthearted, impressionistic style. His oeuvre includes cityscapes, tavern scenes, market stalls, farmers working in the fields, and park scenes. He taught R. van der Borden, A. Broer, M. van Buuren, and E.J. Goddard. Various works are held in different museums, such as the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam.