Jacob Meyer de Haan Isaac Meijer de Haan Original 19th Century Antique Dutch Post Impressionist European Landscape Oil Painting
Original, antique Dutch Post Impressionist landscape oil painting of willow trees, by Jacob Meyer de Haan, (Jacob Meijer de Haan, Isaac Meijer de Haan), (1852-1895).
Jacob Meyer de Haan, (Isaac Meijer de Haan), was born into a successful Jewish family of biscuit manufacturers, close to the study of religion, music and art. He had already had some success in the Netherlands as a painter of Jewish genre works. In Amsterdam de Haan painted portraits and took on several pupils, including Joseph Jacob Isaacson, Louis Hartz, and Baruch Lopes Leão de Laguna. Isaac Meyer de Haan’s family, owners of de Haan Bread and Matzo Bakery in Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter, funded his art studies and enabled his 1888 trip to Paris, (accompanied by his pupil, Isaacson), de Haan then boarded with art dealer Theo van Gogh, in Paris; (Vincent’s long-suffering brother).
Theo Van Gogh introduced De Haan to his brother, Vincent van Gogh, and Meijer de Haan exchanged several letters with Vincent. There he also met Camille Pissarro, and Paul Gauguin,when he returned from Arles. Paul Gauguin whom De Haan accompanied to Brittany; first to Pont-Aven, and later to Le Pouldu, on the coast of Brittany. In Brittany, De Haan had a liaison with Marie Henry, the owner of the seaside hotel-café Buvette de la plage, where De Haan and Gauguin lodged, in 1890-1891. They covered the walls of the dining area with impressionist murals, which were only papered over in the 1920s.
Marie Henry gave birth to a daughter who was called Ida, but De Haan left Le Pouldu and returned to Amsterdam. There are several stories why he left; though some say that Gauguin was jealous, it was probably simply due to his brother's canceling his stipend, so he could no longer afford staying there. Though he never saw Marie Henry again, he later left all of his French paintings to her.
de Haan’s posthumous fame was dealt a serious blow when his family members were deported and murdered at Sobibor in 1943, while his main pupil Baruch Lopes Leão de Laguna, a Sephardic Jew from Portugal, was killed at Auschwitz around the same time.
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Jacob Meyer de Haan, (Isaac Meijer de Haan)
(1852-1895)
Dutch, Post Impressionist
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
1891
Faded original signature on the left, signed on the right, dated '91
Painting alone measures approximately 22 1/4" X 17 1/4"
In frame, painting measure approximately 29.5" X 24"
Painting is in good to very good original condition. There have been no overpaints; only a light cleaning. There is a small cut, to the canvas, approximately 1" long, vertical, that does not go through to the lower right corner, above the signature, as shown.
The painting has been lightly cleaned from darkened orange varnish, but some of the old varnish still remains; (the most notable portion, the upper left corner, in the sky, has some old varnish, and affects/ dulls color tones. The painting has not been revarnished, after cleaning.
Painting is still housed in antique, wood and gesso french gild and painted frame.
Painting is a spectacular French Post Impressionist work, with some tiny detailed brushstrokes mirroring this painting, as well as soft pink, violet red, and light blue contrasted with ribbons of darker, navy blue. Willow trees were prominent in the landscapes of the Van Gogh, Gaugin, and de Haan; a commonality among the artist, as well as style, and brushwork.
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