JOHANNES HERMANUS BAREND KOEKKOEK (1840-1912)

Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek was born as the third son of the marine painter Hermanus Koekkoek (1815-1882). He was taught by his father who instilled in him a lifelong passion for water. Maritime paintings would become his speciality, with a keen eye for the human element. He was frequently found in the little villages surrounding the Zuiderzee which was once a large inland sea in the Netherlands before it was diked in 1932. The lives of sailors and fishermen were chronicled in a refined and colourful style and as we can see in the present lot.