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Oil on Canvas Barn scene, Dirk Von Lockhorst, 1866

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Lined oil on canvas painting barn scene by Dirk Peter van Lockhorst (1848-1894). Signed by the artist and dated 1866. Later 20th century frame that has been adjusted to fit the painting. Most of Lockhorst's works were pastoral farm scenes - this painting is a bit darker and introspective with three cows in a dark barn interior.
Provenance: Miki and James J. Mangan III of Fairfield, CT
Work Size: H. 12.5" x L. 15"
Frame Size: H. 16" x L. 19.25" x D. 1.5"
Weight: 4lbs
Condition: scattered minor retouch totalling approx 2 inches.

Dirk Peter Lokhorst was born in Utrecht to a prominent Utrecht family of undertakers on his mother’s side. His father, Dirk van Lokhorst, was a well-known landscape, cattle painter and draftsman. Dirk Peter and his sister Ida Petronella studied with their father and both became painters. Lokhorst primarily worked and lived in Utrecht. For his pastoral views of cattle in the Dutch countryside, Lokhorst is often identified with the Dutch Barbizon after the mid-nineteenth French School of painting that portrayed a type of country realism derived from nature. Documentation of Lokhorst’s death varies but he is thought to have died in 1894 in Utrecht. For their grand scale and classic Dutch beauty, Lokhorst’s paintings are difficult to come by and are in much demand today. The cow has been a symbol of the Netherlands for many centuries, and the country is known throughout the world as an exporter of quality milk and cheese products. This impressive painting of cattle is strongly influence by the seventeenth century genre of cattle painting popularized by Paulus Potter, Albert Cuyp and Adriaen van de Velde.

scattered minor retouch totalling approx 2 inches

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