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29 Charles Leickert (1816-1907) Sunny cityscape with activity along and on the canal
Charles Leickert was born in Brussels and grew up in The Hague, where he began taking drawing lessons at the Hague Academy of Fine Arts at the age of eleven. He learned to paint under the guidance of the cityscape artist Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove (1790-1880), while the advice of fellow painter Wijnand Nuijen (1813-1839) also played an important role in his artistic development. Shortly after Nuijen’s early death, Leickert was given the opportunity to become a pupil of the artist Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870). Leickert specialised in landscape painting, but he is also well known for his views of cities and villages. Between 1841 and 1848, he lived and worked in The Hague, and from 1849 to 1861 in Amsterdam. In 1856, he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Although Leickert left behind a substantial body of work, his finest paintings in terms of technique were produced between 1850 and 1860. This lively and richly detailed cityscape, painted in 1857, is a fine example from that period.
signed and dated ‘Ch. Leickert f/1857’ (lower left, above the door); signed and dated again ‘Ch. Leickert f 57’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 60,5x86 cm
€15,000 - €25,000
Provenance: -Private collection.
Please compare to a painting by the artist with a similar composition, in the collection of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, inv. no. ГЭ-7623.
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