Friday, January 23, 2026

George Hendrik Breitner
(1857- 1923)
 

George Hendrik Breitner was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings.

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


The Earring
circa 1893
Oil on canvas
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
https://www.boijmans.nl/en/collection/artworks/101543/the-earring

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