Six sujets de la Hollande

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

Théodore Fourmois’s 1836 lithograph *Six sujets de la Hollande* presents six views drawn from the Dutch landscape. Measuring 285 by 405 millimeters, the print uses the relatively new medium of lithography to capture the flat horizons, waterways, and everyday scenes that had long attracted foreign artists to Holland. Lithography allowed artists to combine fine detail with efficient reproduction, helping such images circulate widely among collectors in the 1830s. The work’s title suggests a composite sheet offering viewers a compact tour of Dutch subjects, reflecting the period’s romantic inter...

About the Artist

Théodore Fourmois · 1814–1871

Théodore Fourmois (1814–1871) was a pioneering Belgian landscape painter and printmaker who played a crucial role in liberating Belgian art from academic conventions and establishing a distinctly Belgian tradition of plein air landscape painting. Born in Presles in 1814 and dying in Ixelles in 1871, Fourmois bridged the Romantic and Realist movements in Belgian art, combining emotional responsiven...