Live Auction 421919th Century European Art
Gerard Jan Bos (DUTCH, 1860-1943)
Lot 43

Gerard Jan Bos (DUTCH, 1860-1943)

Bathing in a forest lake

Closed1 February 2012

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GBP 6,250

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Gerard Jan Bos (DUTCH, 1860-1943)
Bathing in a forest lake
signed and dated 'G JAN BOS 1880' (lower left)
oil on canvas
70 7/8 x 43¼ in. (180 x 110 cm.)

Specialist note

Gerard Jan Bos was a member of The Hague School. His father (Jan Bos) and brother (Willem Jan Gerard Bos) were renowned artists themselves. Gerard Jan Bos studied under his father and Jozef Hoevenaer. From 1878-83 he was a student at the Academy in Antwerp where his tutors were Charles Verlat and Piet van Havermaet. Thereafter, he worked in the studio of Willem Goets. He lived in The Hague, Diepenheim and Zuthen.