Evert Pieters (Dutch 1856-1932)
Mother and Child Peeling Carrots
oil on canvas, signed lower right "E. Pieters"
Size: 48 h x 36 w in (with frame: 63 h x 50 ½ w in)
Provenance: Estate of Joseph and Rosalie Segal, Vancouver Canada
ZJ20928
Dutch artist Evert Pieters is best known for his genre scenes depicting local fishing and farming communities, including mothers and children playing, inspired by the villages he lived in. Born into a poor family in Amsterdam, he originally apprenticed as a house painter before moving to Antwerp, Belgum, where he studied at the Royal Academy. He began painting interiors and still lifes to support himself while he continued an apprenticeship with the artist Theodoor Verstraete. He moved frequently between Belgium and the Netherlands, marrying in 1895 and settling in France. Here, he was introduced to the work of the Barbizon School and the Impressionists which influenced his handling of light. He moved back to the Netherlands in 1897 and by 1917 had settled in Laren where he created a set in his studio of a farmhouse interior and planted a decorative garden to use as a background for his paintings. He exhibited widely and won many awards, and his work were very successful with American collectors. Today his work can be found in museums and institutions throughout Europe and America.
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