Anton Mauve (sr.) - Blad met studies van een geitje - Sold

Mauve was born in Zaandam in 1838 as the son of the Mennonite minister Willem Carel Mauve (1803-1869) and Elisabeth Margaretha Hirschig (1805-1876), a niece of Antonius Hirschig, the grandfather of Anton Hirschig, who lived the last days of Vincent van Gogh shared.[1] A year after his birth in Zaandam, the family moved to Haarlem, where sister and later singer Susanna Pouwlina Mauve was born. There he grew up and the desire to become a painter also arose. His father gave him permission to train as an artist, provided he passed the certificate for teaching drawing. The reason for this was that it gave social security. In the period from 1854 to 1857 he painted as an apprentice in the studio of Pieter Frederik van Os. Subsequently, in 1858 he was also apprenticed to Wouterus Verschuur for a few months. In his further development he also collaborated with: Paul Gabriël, Marinus Heijl and JJ Doffegnies. In that period he painted in the style of the Hague School. Mauve was co-founder of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij and a member of Kunst Zij Ons Doel from Haarlem. Anton Mauve married Ariëtte Sophia Jeannette (Jet) Carbentus (1856-1894), a niece of Vincent van Gogh, eighteen years his junior. At the age of 28, at the end of 1881, Vincent went to work for about three weeks with his nephew by marriage in his studio in The Hague. Through him, Vincent came into contact with the work of Jaap and Matthijs Maris, JH Weissenbruch, HW Mesdag, GH Breitner and Jozef Israels, among others. Mauve gave Vincent painting lessons. His influence on Vincent was greater than is generally assumed. He took over themes such as diggers, potato eaters and wood sellers from Mauve. Because of his relationship with Sien Hoornik, Vincent came into conflict with Mauve. When Anton Mauve died suddenly in Arnhem in 1888, Vincent in Arles dedicated his Souvenir de Mauve, pink flowering peach trees, to him. Mauve spent his most productive years in Laren NH, where he was one of the founders of the Laren School. He painted many of his paintings in the Laren area. The Gooi was also referred to as 'The land of Mauve' by many tourists and art connoisseurs. In 1887 Mauve won a gold medal at the Paris Salon with his canvas The Return of the Herd. His son Anton Rudolph Mauve Jr. also became a painter. Anton Mauve died of an aneurysm. From September 2009 to January 2010 Teylers Museum in Haarlem and the Singer Museum in Laren organized a double exhibition of the work of Anton Mauve.