Willem de Klerk "Rotslandschap met Kasteel en Waterval"

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Willem de Klerk, 1800-1876

"Rotslandschap met Kasteel en Waterval"

18" X 17"

25" X 23" Framed

Willem de Klerk was a pupil of the landscape painters Pietsser Hofmann Dordrecht (1755-1837) and Adrianus van der Koogh (1796-1831). From seventeen he was a member of art societssy Pictura, where he had various directorships. Like many painters in the first half of the eighteenth century, De Klerk traveled along the Rhne. In 1835 and 1838 he traveled through Germany. De Klerk is one of the few romantic painters of Dordrecht. His early work is in the tradition of Jacob van Strij. The sky do sometimes think of Aelbert Cuyp's work. In de Klerk's later landscapes is the influence of Barend Cornelis Koekkoek noticeable, he was called the "Dordtse Koekkoek". His woodsy scenes are sunny and mountanous landscapes with water features. De Klerk painted a lot of nature. In his studio he eventually idalized landscapes together, based on sketches and from memory.