Marinus Cornelis Thomas Vermeulen (1868–1941) - Nederlands IJsgezicht

Charming signed oil painting by the Dutch artist Marinus Cornelis Thomas Vermeulen (Tilburg 1868 – Amsterdam 1941). Atmospheric winter landscape showing a frozen Dutch waterway under a soft pastel sky. On the right stands a windmill next to farm buildings with snow-covered roofs. Several figures are depicted on the ice: skaters and people pushing a sled. Bare trees and snowy banks complete the classic romantic Dutch view. The painting itself appears in good condition for its age. The ornate gilt frame has damage to the lower right corner. Please study the photographs carefully. Old label on the reverse of Roelofs Kunsthandel (Amsterdam), identifying the work as by M. Vermeulen, Romantic. Inventory numbers visible on the reverse. Marinus Cornelis Thomas Vermeulen was a Dutch painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and drawing teacher. He trained at the Rijksinstituut tot Opleiding van Tekenleraren under Jan Derk Huibers and was active in Amsterdam and surroundings. He specialised in landscapes, still lifes and marine subjects and was a member of the Amsterdam artists’ society Arti et Amicitiae. His work is recorded in Scheen and the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History). Works by Vermeulen regularly appear at auction.A fine, signed example of late 19th / early 20th-century Dutch romantic landscape painting, ideal for collectors of winter scenes and Dutch windmill subjects.

Estimate:£250.28

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