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Maurits van der Valk (1857-1935). Dutch landscape with windmill and animals. Very finely made etching by this skilled artist. The etching is in good condition. The frame has some signs of use.
Van der Valk was born as the son of a house painter and learned the first painting techniques from his father. He preferred an artistic direction and was educated at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1878-1884) in Amsterdam, where he was taught by August Allebé, among others. In 1880 he founded the Sint Lucas Artists' Association with fellow students.
From 1885 he wrote art criticisms for De Nieuwe Gids, the magazine of the Eighties, under the pseudonym 'J. Mood' or 'IN Mood'. From 1883 to 1890 he taught at a drawing school in Amsterdam. In 1889 his studio caught fire. With the insurance money he went to Paris, where he lived for some time and where he later got to know his wife Baukje van Mesdag. In 1893 the family returned to the Netherlands. After his return he gave private lessons to, among others, Johann Georg van Caspel and Reinier de Vries.