SOLD Sunset on the Coast
by Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895)40⅛ x 67⅛ inches
Signed lower right: MFH de Haas
Provenance
Helen M. de Kay, New York, New York
Sale, MacDougall’s, London, England, July 7, 2011, lot 79
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above, 2011
Exhibited
Raydon Gallery, New York, New York, American Scene: A Bicentennial Exhibit, 1975
Related Works
Sunset, Grand Manan, 1877, oil on canvas, 18 x 30¼ inches; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Coastal Scene, oil on panel, 10 x 15 inches; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Note: Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas, who once worked as a mariner, found great success in his spectacular maritime scenes. This work captures the vastness of the ocean as the three figures set out towards the open horizon.
Artist Biography
Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895)
A Dutch-born painter of American landscapes who achieved renown for his marine scenes of the New York area
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I. Biography
The moonlight-scenes in and near New York are, I think, finer than any other locality, except, perhaps, on the ocean. They are more luminous, more highly-coloured, and more atmospheric, than in Europe. The cloud-scenery in the suburbs of New York is the noblest and most beautiful
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