Matthijs Maris - 3 boekwerken waarvan 1x monumentaal (ontwerp Irma Boom studio) - Sold

- The Rijksmuseum edition is in near mint condition. - KunstSchrift special, 1990. - Catalog accompanying the 1974 exhibition in the Haags Gemeentemuseum. - extra: some articles.
Matthijs Maris initially gained fame as a painter in the style of the Hague School, just like his famous brothers Jacob and Willem. In the course of his career, however, he would let go of his realistic palette to arrive at a more introverted and symbolistic theme, in which dreamy children, young people on the verge of adulthood, fairytale figures and mythical landscapes figured in an increasingly vague painting technique. Already in his own time Maris was admired at home and abroad by collectors and artists such as Vincent van Gogh. Despite, or perhaps because of, his success, his bitterness grew and Matthijs Maris spent his last years lonely and almost withdrawn in his London studio. The Rijksmuseum publication tells the special story of the painter Matthijs Maris (1839-1917). With more than 75 paintings, drawings, etchings and crafts, the Rijksmuseum provides for the first time a broad overview of this unjustly forgotten artist, partly thanks to unique loans from The Burrell Collection in Glasgow. Richard Bionda is an art historian and until recently worked at the VU University Amsterdam. (source: NAI)