Anton Mauve
(1838 – 1888)
 

Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. A master colorist, he was a very significant early influence on his cousin-in-law Vincent van Gogh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Mauve

A Dutch Road
C. 1880
oil on canvas
50,5 by 36,8 cm
Toledo Museum of Art
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55283/a-dutch-road

 

Mauve’s A Dutch Road reveals his characteristic “poetry of gray” and his debt to the great Dutch 17th-century masters of landscape. Finding inspiration in what he considered the heroic aspects of everyday life, Mauve, along with other 19th-century artists like Jules Breton (see The Shepherd’s Star, this gallery), tried to depict nature and the “simple life” that was being swept away by the Industrial Revolution and rapid urbanization.