Figures Along the Coast with Sailboats
by Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895)14 x 22 inches
Signed and inscribed lower right: MFH de Haas NA
Provenance
Private collection, Ohio
Sale, Neue Auctions, Beachwood, Ohio, September 25, 2021, lot 6 (as Rocky Coast with Figures Along the Rocks and Sails at Sea)
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Related Works
Fishing Boats off the Coast, oil on canvas, 36 x 60¼ inches; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
A Summer Shower, 1886, oil on canvas, 28⅛ x 44 inches; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Artist Biography
Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas (1832–1895)
A Dutch-born painter of American landscapes who achieved renown for his marine scenes of the New York area
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I. Biography
The moonlight-scenes in and near New York are, I think, finer than any other locality, except, perhaps, on the ocean. They are more luminous, more highly-coloured, and more atmospheric, than in Europe. The cloud-scenery in the suburbs of New York is the noblest and most beautiful
