Willem de Zwart (The Hague, May 16, 1862 - The Hague, December 11, 1931) was a Dutch painter, engraver, and watercolourist. Willem de Zwart lived and worked until 1894 in The Hague and from 1900 to 1905 in Amsterdam. His work has a wide range of subjects: landscapes, cityscapes, portraits and still life, rendered in a naturalistic or impressionist style. His work shows affinity with the people and city-oriented Amsterdam Impressionism. His choice of subjects belonged to the Hague School, and in his style and his exuberant use of colour to the school of Amsterdam Impressionism. De Zwart applied the paint thickly, sometimes straight from the tube, with bright colours, exuberant reds, yellows and blues, giving his paintings special vibrancy.
[Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 65.5 cm]
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