London, GB | Formerly of New York, Buenos Aires, Fife, and the Western Cape. | Saoránach d’Éirinn.
Gloucester Harbor
oil on canvas, 36¼ in. x 60¼ in.

Mauritz de Haas

Stormcloud and moonlight — these were the preferred settings of the marine paintings of Mauritz Frederik Hendrik de Haas.

Born in Rotterdam in 1832, he studied at the academy there as well as in the Hague under Bosboom and Meijer.

At the age of twenty-five, de Haas accepted an artist’s commission in the Dutch Royal Navy, carrying on for two years until the Rhenish-Sephardic financier August Belmont (a former American ambassador to the Netherlands) persuaded him to come to America in 1859.

By 1867 de Haas was an academician of the National Academy and a founding member of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors.

His brother, Willem Frederik de Haas, was also a marine painter, but Mauritz’s scenes are much more atmospheric — especially as one moves from day through dusk and into the light of the moon.

Lighthouse on the Shore
oil on canvas, 17 in. x 30 in.

Sailboats on a Calm Sea
oil on canvas, 10½ in. x 23 in.

Morning Catch, Long Island
oil on canvas, 14½ in. x 23 in.

Ships off the Coast
oil on canvas, 12¾ in. x 19½ in.

Schooner off the Coast
oil on canvas, 20 in. x 30 in.

Open Water
oil on canvas, 12½ in. x 19½ in.

Ships at Sunset
oil on canvas, 8 in. x 14 in.

Sunset over the New England Coast
oil on canvas, 40 in. x 67 in.

Sailing by Moonlight
oil on canvas, 18 in. x 30 in.

Shipping in Harbor by Moonlight
oil on canvas, 24 in. x 30 in.

Moonlight at Sea
oil on canvas, 12½ in. x 19 in.

Sailboats by Moonlight
oil on canvas, 34⅛ in. x 24 in.

Hudson under the Moonlight
oil on canvas, 27½ in. x 40¾ in.

Moonlight Sailing
oil on canvas, 32¾ in. x 23½ in.

Star Island, Isle of Shoals
oil on canvas, 24 in. x 40 in.

Fishing on the Hudson
oil on canvas, 28⅛ in. x 44⅛ in.
Published at 12:15 pm on Wednesday 10 June 2020. Categories: Art Tags: , , .
Comments

Incredible!! Thank you for exposing me to these artists. Far surpasses photography!

— Reuben G. 11 Jul 2020 12:38 am

Interesting – recalls Turner sometimes, Ryder sometimes, but his pigments have lasted better.

— Nat Kernell 22 Jul 2020 2:05 pm
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