American Art Association
Published: 2017-10-21
Total Pages: 202
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Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Notable Private Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings and Etchings and the Studio Effects of the Famous Modern Dutch Artist, the Late Hendrik Willem Mesdag, of the Hague, Holland: To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale Hendrik IV. Mesdag and his hospitality were known to Americans who sought him out, and who found him easy of access. He was known also personally here in this country, to which he made two visits, the first one in a representative official capacity at the time of the Columbian Exposition in 1893, and again when the hudson-fulton Memorial Exhibi tion was held in this city. On the occasion of the former visit be was already famous as a painter, although it was said of him that he never exhibited his work until he was fifty years old. As a wealthy banker and broker, inheriting comfortable means from his father, he was able to pursue his art in leisurely manner and even before becoming noted as a painter to indulge his taste in art as pleased him, which he continued to do to the end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.