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Johan
Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz
Dutch [1868-1951]
THE PEARL FISHER
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins.
Sold @ $ 13,200
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Johan Scherrewitz was born
on March 18, 1868 in Amsterdam. His family had high
hopes that he would become a stockbroker like his
father, but succumbed to Johan's requests that he be
allowed to take drawing and painting lessons. He then
began taking art classes on Sunday mornings from a
drawing teacher at Velsen. Later Johan Scherrewitz would
become a student at the studio of G.J.H Poggenbeek. For
the most part Scherrewitz painted and drew landscapes
with cattle and horses. It has been said that drawing
was in his blood, as his mother was French and related
to the painter Antoine Renou.
During his many outings to the eastern and southern
regions of Holland, including Achterhoek, Overijssel,
Brabant, Heeze and Leende, Scherrewitz made hundreds of
drawing studies. Scherrewitz also traveled to Germany
and France, but he preferred painting the Dutch
landscape, particularly the forest and the dunes along
the North Sea, the moors with sheep, and the meadows
with cows and horses. He looked for the joys of nature
and depicted them with an elegant gesture, and often
with great precision.
Scherrewitz lived and worked until 1898 in Amsterdam, in
Laren until 1902, in Haarlem from 1902-1904, and then in
Hilversum. Many of his works were exported to England
and the USA. He taught B. Fokker and J. Holtrup.
Scherrewitz was a member of "Arti et Amicitae” in
Amsterdam.
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