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George Hendrik Breitner

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Mounted hussars in yellow-braided blue uniforms ride down a dusty hillside in loose column, painted in rapid brushwork.

The Yellow Riders

1885 - 1886

Painting of a young woman in a white kimono with red blossoms, reclining against a dark floral screen and patterned cushions.

Girl in a White Kimono

1894

Painting of a narrow city lane with red-roofed brick houses and pedestrians, one woman carrying a child, under a pale sky.

The Baanbrugsteeg looking from the Haarlemmerdijk towards the Vinkenstraat and the Brouwersgracht

c. 1905

Painting of two horses and a cart on a snowy Amsterdam street with gabled houses and small figures.

The Rokin, Amsterdam

1923-05

Painting of gabled houses with red roofs behind a foreground of rubble and planks, in muted brown and ochre tones.

The Demolition of the Grand Bazar de la Bourse on the Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam

c. 1902 - c. 1904

Oil painting of a snowy Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, bare trees and moored boats under a grey winter sky.

Winter in Amsterdam

c. 1900 - c. 1901

Loose grey-green sketch of gabled warehouses and a tower reflected in a canal under an overcast sky.

Warehouses on the Teertuinen on the Prinseneiland, Amsterdam

1880 - 1923

Loose grey and cream oil sketch of a snowy Amsterdam street with tall buildings and small figures under an overcast sky.

The Rokin, Amsterdam

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Loose oil sketch of a snowy Amsterdam canal with bare trees, a railing, two walking figures, and a gabled building.

The Leidsegracht, Amsterdam

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Painting of a man leading a brown horse across a muddy city construction site with scaffolding and buildings behind.

Construction site in Amsterdam

c. 1900

Snowy Amsterdam street with brick townhouses, women in fur coats, a child in a red hood and a small dog.

The Singel bridge near the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam

1896

Loose oil sketch of fairground spectators, a woman in a red skirt and a man in a dark hat, with a fence below.

The Funfair

1880 - 1923

Painting of moored sailing boats with tall masts and rigging in a murky harbour, with a blue-painted hull in the foreground.

Ships in the ice

1901

Loose oil sketch of mounted soldiers in blue uniforms and a horse-drawn cannon crossing a golden field under a pale sky.

Artillery on Maneuver

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Painting of horses and soldiers gathered before a thatched cottage, with a woman in the doorway and a village street beyond.

Billeting the Troops

1880 - 1919

Loosely painted street scene with bare trees, buildings and dark figures walking along a pale road in muted browns.

View in the Hague (?)

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Painted sketch of a brown horse in harness beside a grey horse on sandy ground, with dark trees behind.

A Brown and a White Horse in Scheveningen

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Painting of a narrow street with a red tiled roof, pale house walls, and deep shadows in the foreground.

Neighborhood Street in Rijswijk near The Hague

c. 1880 - c. 1923

Loose oil sketch of grassy dunes under a cloudy sky with dark shrubs and distant hills.

View in the Dunes near Dekkersduin, The Hague

c. 1875 - c. 1885

Painting of an Amsterdam canal with gabled houses, bare trees, a moored barge and church towers under a grey sky.

Short Prinsengracht near the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam

1875

Painted portrait of a woman in a dark hat with blue ribbon and striped red tie, against a dark loosely brushed background.

Portrait of a Chanteuse

1880

Painting of a nude woman seen from behind, arms raised before a mirror, beside a yellow patterned screen.

Standing nude

1893

Monochrome painting of a horse and cart beside a figure in a dark coat, with a church spire and buildings behind.

Amsterdams stadsgezicht

1880

Loosely painted reclining nude on dark olive and red ground, with black stockings and cracked paint surface.

Nude

1885

Snowy Amsterdam street with gabled canal houses, a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians in winter light.

Lauriergracht in Winter

1891

Two women in dark coats and hats walk along a city street with a horse cart and pedestrians behind them.

Women on the Rokin in Amsterdam

1895

Painting of women and figures on an evening city square, with lamplit buildings, a white horse, and a small dog.

Evening on Dam Square in Amsterdam

1890

Painting of workers with wheelbarrows on a snowy Amsterdam construction site beside old gabled buildings and bare trees.

Construction Site in Amsterdam

c. 1902

Painting of pedestrians and a carriage on a snowy Amsterdam street lined with brick canal houses.

The Singel Bridge at the Paleisstraat in Amsterdam

1898

Painting of mounted hussar soldiers in yellow-braided jackets riding down a dusty hillside track with horses.

Horse Artillery

1885

Painting of Amsterdam's Damrak harbor with moored sailing boats, tall masts, gabled houses and a church tower under a cloudy

The Damrak in Amsterdam

1903

Painting of a narrow alley with two women, one in a blue dress and one in a white apron, between dark-toned buildings.

Buurtje in Den Haag of Scheveningen

1880

Loose painting of a dune landscape with dark shrubs, green-brown grass, and a sky of pale clouds and blue.

Duinlandschap bij Dekkersduin, Den Haag

1875

Painting of a grassy riverbank with dark wooden boats moored along the water under a dim, green-toned sky.

Weidelandschap

1880

Painting of rolling heathland with olive and brown hills, small figures walking, and a red roof under a yellow sky.

Heidelandschap, vermoedelijk in Drente

1880

Painting of a farmhouse with red roof among green trees, with a moored sailing boat at left under a pale sky.

Boerenhofstede

1880

Painting of a dark forest with tall trees, a sunlit clearing beyond, and a shadowed stream in the foreground.

Forest View

1880

Loose painting of soldiers marching along a dirt road through an open landscape under a pale, cloudy sky.

Landschap bij Waalsdorp met soldaten op manoeuvre

1880

Loose painted portrait of a seated child in a coat and cap, hands clasped, wooden shoes at the feet, dark background.

The Wooden Shoes

1884

Painting of a man leading a horse across a muddy urban building site with scaffolding and townhouses behind.

Building Site in Amsterdam

1880

Three mounted hussars in dark uniforms and fur hats ride across an open field with bare trees behind them.

Hussars

1880

Dark portrait of a woman turned toward the viewer, face lit against a shadowy background, with a signature in the upper right

MCJ (Marie) Jordan (1866-1948), de echtgenote van de schilder

1888

Dark portrait of a woman with reddish hair, pale face and green ribbon at her neck against a shadowy background.

Modelstudie (Geesje Kwak?)

1880

Painting of red-roofed houses and a brick church tower with a spire under a cloudy sky, by George Hendrik Breitner.

The Tower of Gorkum

1880

Workmen sit on timber planks eating lunch, with masted boats and a steamship in the harbor behind them.

Lunch Break at the Building Site in the Van Diemenstraat in Amsterdam

1896

Painting of cavalry horses and soldiers resting in a shaded clearing beneath dark trees, in loose brown brushwork.

Cavalry at Rest

1885

Painting of a narrow city street with gabled houses and a woman in a long dark dress walking in the foreground.

De Lauriergracht bij de Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat

1917

Loose painting of a grey Rotterdam street with blurred pedestrians, brick buildings, a lamp post and a cobbled road.

De Baan in Rotterdam

1880

Loose grayscale brushwork of a horse and cart on a city street with a church spire and a standing figure.

View in Amsterdam

1880

Painting of a snowy park in winter with bare trees, a fence, and brick city buildings in the background.

Gezicht op het Oosterpark in Amsterdam in de sneeuw

1892

Painting of a narrow city alley with dark house walls, red roof edges, and two women in white head coverings walking.

Neighborhood Street in The Hague or Scheveningen

1880

Painting of a line of cavalry horses and riders resting on a flat brown plain under a cloudy sky.

Cavalry at Repose

1880

Full-length painted portrait of a standing man in a grey coat holding a cane, against a dark, loosely brushed background.

Portret van Floris Verster

1880

Painting of a woman with hair pulled back, looking down, wearing a green bow, against a dark brown background.

Study after the Model (Geesje Kwak?)

1880

Dark oil portrait of a woman in a dark dress against a brown background, signed G.H. Breitner in red at upper right.

MCJ (Marie) Jordan (1866-1948), The Artist's Wife

1888

Loose painted sketch of mounted hussars in blue jackets riding across a grassy plain beside a cart.

Hussars on Maneuver

1880

Painting of saddled horses and uniformed riders resting on a dirt path beneath dark trees.

Cavalry at Repose

1885

Painting of an Amsterdam canal with a stone bridge, a row of gabled brick houses, and figures walking along the quay.

The Rokin, Amsterdam

1897

Loose painting of a curving Amsterdam canal with moored barges, a bridge, tall tree and muted buildings under grey sky.

Prinsengracht near Lauriergracht, Amsterdam

1880

Men sit on timber beams during a break at a muddy harbor with masted ships and a steamship in the background.

Lunchtime at the Building Site on the Van Diemenstraat in Amsterdam

1897

Painting of Amsterdam's Damrak waterfront with gabled houses, moored sailing boats and a church tower under an overcast sky.

Het Damrak in Amsterdam

1903

Loose brown and white oil sketch of a horse walking past buildings, with a standing figure at the right edge.

Het Rokin

1880

Painting of a dark woodland view with tall trees framing a sunlit clearing and a shadowed pool in the foreground.

View in the Woods

1880

Painting of black and white cows resting and standing in a muted field under a grey-brown sky.

Four Cows

1880

Loose painting of soldiers walking along a sandy dirt road across a flat open landscape under a pale sky.

Landscape near Waalsdorp, with Soldiers on Maneuver

1880

Painting of a row of gabled houses with red roofs, chimneys and a bare tree beside a canal under a pale sky.

A Group of Houses

1880

Painting of a man bending over at a grey horse with a dark blanket and red bands on an open muddy ground.

Blacksmith with Gray

1880

Loose oil sketch of a street with a green-fronted house, brown walls, and a pale figure on the road.

Street in Montmartre, Paris

1880

Painting of pink flowers in a blue and white vase on a table with a red cloth, against an ochre background.

Vase with Pink Flowers

1880

Loose oil sketch of a meadow with a wooden fence, dark pond, grassy bank and sunlit dirt path.

Meadow Landscape

1880

Loose painting of a snowy construction site with bare trees, unfinished buildings and muted brown tones.

Bouwterrein aan de De Clercqstraat

1880

Painting of rolling heath hills with dark green shrubs, sandy paths, small distant figures and a red roof under a pale sky.

A Heath Landscape, Presumably in Drenthe

1880

Painting of red, pink and purple anemones in a teal ginger pot on a brown table against a cream wall.

Ginger Pot wit Anemones

1900

Brown ink and graphite sketch of a city edge with buildings, chimneys, a cart with wheels and open ground.

The Edge of a City

1880

Painting of a snowy Amsterdam park with bare trees, a winding path, and brick buildings under a grey winter sky.

View of the Oosterpark in Amsterdam in the Snow

1892

Painting of horses and a cart on a snowy street with gabled houses and two women in red jackets at left.

The Rokin ? in Amsterdam

1923

Painting of an Amsterdam canal with moored boats, a figure in a dark coat, and buildings in muted browns and greys.

De Prinsengracht bij de Lauriergracht, Amsterdam

1880

Loose painting of a snowy Amsterdam canal with bare trees, a railing, and two figures walking in grey winter light.

The Leidsegracht in Amsterdam

1880

Painting of a narrow Amsterdam-style street with gabled houses and a woman in a long dark dress walking in the foreground.

The Lauriergracht at the Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat

1880

Painting of a column of mounted cavalry soldiers in dark uniforms riding along a sunlit sandy road.

Cavalry

1883

Oil self-portrait of a man in pince-nez against a dark background, with the face strongly lit from the left.

Self-portrait with pince-nez

1882

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a yellow cloth with a red pillow and dark floral background.

Anne, lying naked on a yellow cloth

1888

Painting of a nude woman reclining on a yellow cloth with her head on a red cushion against a dark background.

Reclining nude

1887

Painting of horse-drawn trams with glowing lanterns and horses on a wet street at dusk, with pedestrians and hazy buildings.

Dam Square Amsterdam in the evening

1872

Painting of dark trees on the left under a stormy grey and ochre sky, with a low dark horizon.

Landschap met bomen

Loosely painted head-and-shoulders portrait of a man against a dark background, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Selfportrait

1883

Painting of a brown horse in harness beside two workers in a muddy field, with brick apartment blocks and scaffolding behind.

Suburb of Amsterdam

1901

Oil painting of a woman in a white floral kimono resting on a divan before a red wall with birds and branches.

Girl in white Kimono

1893

Painting of a reclining nude woman asleep on white sheets against a dark green background.

Lying Nude

1889

Painting of a busy city square with a gothic church, horses, market stalls and pedestrians on wet cobblestones.

Gezicht op de Dam

1898

Dim studio interior with two women in dark dresses beside an easel, painted in loose brown brushwork.

In the Studio

1883

Painting of a busy Amsterdam square with a Gothic church, horse carriages, and pedestrians under a gray sky.

De Dam (De Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam)

1891

Painting of an Amsterdam canal with gabled warehouses, bare trees, and orange barges with workers at dusk.

Warehouses, Amsterdam

1901

Painting of a young woman in a red floral kimono resting on a dark bed with a yellow pillow, beside patterned rugs.

Mädchen mit rotem Kimono (Geesje Kwak)

1893

Painting of a standing female nude with dark hair, draped in white cloth, against a warm brown textured background.

Female nude

1892

Painting of gabled houses with red roofs behind piles of demolition rubble and wooden debris in loose brown brushwork.

Demolition of the Grand Bazar de la Bourse in Amsterdam at the Nieuwendijk

1893