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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 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

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 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

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

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

Horse Artillery

1885

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

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

Forest View

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

In the Studio

1883

Painting of a uniformed cavalryman on a bay horse crossing sandy dunes under a pale blue sky.

Cavalryman in the dunes

1880

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

Two women walk down a city street in loose painterly brushwork, one wearing a bright white skirt and red bodice.

Factory girls

1898

Painting of a narrow alley with red-roofed brick houses and a dark doorway, rendered in muted greens and browns.

Buurtje in Rijswijk bij Den Haag

1880