George Hendrik Breitner - The Damrak in Amsterdam [c.1903]

George Hendrik Breitner - The Damrak in Amsterdam [c.1903], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

George Hendrik Breitner (Rotterdam, September, 12, 1857 - Amsterdam, June 5, 1923) was a Dutch painter. Amsterdam proved to be a great workplace. Here he painted his city scenes and cityscapes - Dam Square, Damrak and Rokin, but also lesser neighbourhoods of the capital, as the Jordan, had his attention. With rapid brushstrokes he gave a picture of life on the street with his labourers, housewives, dockers, street dogs, etc. Breitner drawings offered often a gray, somewhat depressing picture of the streets of the capital.

[Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm]