Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854) – Jachtstilleven

Te koop een supersterk uitgewerkt jachtstilleven van Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), DE expert van de 19e eeuw als het gaat om stillevens.Olie op paneel met paneelmaat 42 bij 53 cm. Erg goed gelijst door Paul Gehring. Gesigneerd en gedateerd 1850 linksonder.Provenance:- 2000 Christies Auction- 2007 verworven bij Kunsthandel Rococo voor EUR 32.500Hendrik Reekers (1815 in Haarlem – 1854 in Haarlem), was a 19th-century still life painter from the Northern Netherlands.BiographyAccording to the RKD he was the son of Johannes Reekers (1790–1858), a teacher at the Haarlemse Teekenacademie. He became a pupil of his father and Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os. When he came of age he gave drawing lessons himself and from 1837 began to paint. He participated in the art exhibitions of 1839 & 1841, and won a silver medal in The Hague in 1841. In 1843 he became a member of the Academie of Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 1847 he was allowed to exhibit at the British Institution. He is known for his still life and hunting pieces, and his pupils were Hendrik Jan Hein, his brother Johannes Reekers the younger, and Jan Striening.