George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek 1853 - 1903 - George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek, 1885

Geo Poggenbeek belongs to the continued flowering of the Hague School. Student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam and JH Veldhuize.Hij painted watercolors and the Dutch landscape in a dreamy tone to Willem Maris, Anton Mauve and reminiscent. In his time Poggenbeek garnered great success with his atmospheric depictions of the Dutch countryside - often intimate places with cow or duck in the ditch, under the shelter of a bush. Was a good watercolorist and etcher. Worked mostly in a clear, specific color green. During the period that he traveled with his painter friend Nicholas Bastert in Breukelen lived (1881-1887), he painted many Faces Fight He was teacher of JFC Scherrewitz. Museums: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and The Hague Gemeentemuseum.