Winter Landscape

Also titled Winterlandschap

Willem Witsen (Amsterdam, 1860–1923)

c. 1885 - c. 1922

Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
depth 13.5 cm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
A. van Wezel Bequest, Amsterdam
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Witsen was an Amsterdam painter, but moved to rural Ede when he was married. He made a series of winter landscapes there. His style is characterized by subdued use of colour and a simple composition. The grey-blue sky and the snow-white field are separated by a horizontal strip with farms, violet blue trees and blue green hills. He delicately painted the treetops, possibly with a fan brush.