JOHAN FREDERIK CORNELIS SCHERREWITZ
Dutch 1868-1951

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Johan Scherrewitz was a renowned painter of Dutch landscape and farming life as well as the fisherfolk and coast of Holland. Born in Amsterdam in 1868, he was the son of a stockbroker but inherited his artistic talent from his French mother. He first studied under the landscape painters Johan Diderik Cornelis Veltens and George Poggenbeek.  Scherrewitz lived in Laren between 1898 and 1902, Haarlem 1902-1904 and finally settled in Hilversum. 

Throughout his life, Scherrewitz remained true to The Hague School’s autumn colours and rural subject matter. His work was often populated with shepherds and their sheep, fishermen with their barges, carts and horses, farmers and cows. He enjoyed painting simple working people who identified with nature. 

Highly regarded throughout his career, Scherrewitz was elected to the Academy of St. Luke and the Society of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam, and between 1895 and 1903 he exhibited in The Hague, Amsterdam and Arnhem. He was successful throughout England and Scotland, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1907, Liverpool in 1909 and the British Institute. He travelled through France and Germany and his works were widely collected throughout Europe and North America, although he was relatively unknown at home. His work can be found in the Rijksmuseum and Enschede Museum as well as many private collections including that of Queen Wilhemina of Holland. He died in 1951 at the age of 83 in Hilversum.