PIETER GERARDUS VERTIN (Dutch 1819-1893)

Pierter Vertin achieved notoriety during his lifetime as a painter, watercolorist and master lithographer, depicting the mannered and sedate small towns throughout The Netherlands and Flanders.

A student of Johannes von Hove, Vertin was born March 21st, 1819 in The Hague and died on September 14th, 1893 in Amsterdam. Critics of the artist praised him for his meticulous attention to small details and his use of warm pleasing color.

Many of his paintings are set in winter depicting the daily life of late 19th century Dutch and Flemish citizens.

Vertin works can be found in museums in Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels and Utretcht.

Submitted by Thomas De Doncker, Fine Arts Department Director, Michaan's Auctions

Source:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Libraire Grund, 1966, Volume 8, p. 545.

Petrus Gerardus Vertin (1819-1893) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist of the 19th century living in The Hague and focusing on Dutch townscapes and streets. His works are saved in several Dutch museums among others in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, in the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague as well as in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.

Vertin was a scholar of the well-known veduta* painter Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove and for his printed graphic works he chose lithography* and etching. As a painter of Dutch townscapes, he focused on streets, town squares, bridges and canals at different times of the year and presenting different weather situations.

His favorite motif shows the following elements: aligning house facades with a street or a canal, a prominent building in the background such as a church, an atmospheric heaven including moving clouds and small men giving kind of narrative character to the paintings.

Alternative versions of his name circulate: Pierre-Gérard Vertin und Pieter Gerard Vertin. (msc)

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