Hobbe Smith

Hobbe Smith (c.1895)

Hobbe Smith (7 December 1862, Witmarsum – 1 May 1942, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, watercolorist and graphic designer, in the Post-Impressionist style.

Biography

His father was a house painter. He was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age and attended drawing classes at the Quellinusschool.

Thanks to a wealthy patron who liked his work, he was able to receive a Royal Scholarship and studied at the Rijksakademie with August Allebé. Later, he took classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp with Charles Verlat.

He painted a wide variety of subjects, including nudes, still lifes, portraits, historical scenes and seascapes, influenced by Jacob Maris. In 1888, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. International fame arrived after an exhibition at the Pulchri Studio in 1902. He received a gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina in 1917. He was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae.

• Works by Hobbe Smith
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  Odalisque
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  Nude
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  Bathing Nymphs
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  Windmill
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  Portrait with Floral Wreath

Further reading

• Norbert Middelkoop, Gezicht op het IJ: Hobbe Smith en de Amsterdamse haven in 1913, Amsterdam Museum, 2013 ISBN 90-7136-110-1

External links

• ArtNet: More works by Smith.