Antique Painting Amsterdam Landscape Leidsegracht Canal Hein Hoppmann LARGE

  
Rare Original Large Framed Oil on Board by. Early Dawn / Daybreak' Undated circa 1940s.

Scene set in the early hours of daylight, with shadows bathed in a warm yellow light. Good display condition, usual signs of age, marks, surface rubs. Glaze crazing commensurate with age and clear photographs. Oil on board in a nice original period gold frame, Some bumps and scuffs to the frame, again as per the clear pictures.

Bottle of wine pictured, is NOT included, just shown to give you an idea of scale. Size of Painting: 29" x 23" Inches. Hein Hoppmann was a creative artist. Born in 1901, Hein Hoppmann passed away in 1982. Also born in 1901 and of this same generation are Etienne Clare, Otto Baumann, Nikolaj Nikolaevic Grigor'Ev, Will Faber, and Jan Chwierut. Further Biographical Context for Hein Hoppmann. Born in 1901, Hein Hoppmann was primarily influenced by the 1920s growing up.

The 1920s and 1930s saw continued development and evolution of the key innovations of the primary years of the twentieth century. To have this time as the formative period for an artist was to be surrounded by innovative practitioners of the pictorial arts. It was also a time of recovery and introspection after the horrors of the First World War, which saw significant shifts in politics. Marxism was a predominant political ideology which was also tremendously influential amongst artists and their communities. Important artistic developments included a kind of expressive mannerism which was exemplified by Brancusi, Modigliani and Soutine in Paris.

Surrealism developed throughout the 1920s and 1930s, with a focus on the human unconscious - a central idea of Freudian theory. Important Surrealist artists include Salvador Dali, Giorgio de Chirico, Andre Breton, Rene Magritte and Paul Delvaux. Due to its cultural importance, much of this ideology spread on a global scale. Surrealism developed throughout the 1920s and 1930s, with a focus o.