Hobbe Smith

Hobbe Smith (c.1895)

Hobbe Smith (7 December 1862, Witmarsum - 1 May 1942, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, watercolorist and graphic designer, in the Post-Impressionist style.

Biography

His father was a house painter. He was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age and attended drawing classes at the Quellinusschool.

Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat.^[1]

He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still-lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris. In 1888, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae.^[1]

• Works by Hobbe Smith
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  Odalisque

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  Nude

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  Bathing Nymphs

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  Windmill

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  Portrait with Floral Wreath

References

1. Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.

Further reading

• Norbert Middelkoop, Gezicht op het IJ: Hobbe Smith en de Amsterdamse haven in 1913, Amsterdam Museum, 2013 ISBN 90-7136-110-1

External links

• ArtNet: More works by Smith.