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Meindert Hobbema
(1638-1709)
Hobbema, Meindert (1638-1709). Dutch landscape painter. He worked
in his native Amsterdam, where he was the friend and only documented pupil
of Jacob van Ruisdael. Some of his pictures are very like Ruisdael's, but
his range was more limited and he lacked the latter's power to capture
the majesty of nature. He painted a narrow range of favorite subjects particularly
water-mills and trees around a pool over and over again. In 1668 he became
a wine gauger with the Amsterdam customs and excise, and thereafter seems
to have painted only in his spare time. His most famous work, however,
The Avenue at Middelharnis (National Gallery, London), dates from
1689.
Hobbema has been a popular artist in England (his influence is clear
in Gainsborough's early landscapes) and he
is outstandingly well represented in English collections.
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