In the history of art, Meindert Hobbema is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Meindert Hobbema as Dutch painter (1638-1709).
Meindert Hobbema was born at Amsterdam in 1638. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
Patronage, the guild system and a new open art market shaped what could be painted and for whom.
He worked as painter.
Among his best-known works are Landscape near Deventer, Cottages in a Forest and The Avenue at Middelharnis. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Netherlands shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Meindert Hobbema died in 1709, aged 71. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Landscape near Deventer
- Notable work: Cottages in a Forest
- Notable work: The Avenue at Middelharnis
