Description
Chromolithography; cardboard; 44.5 x 59 cm
Printed by Richard Schoenbeck
Signed l.d.: O. Eerelman R. Schoenbeck; p. d. stamp: Preis / der Zentralstelle für die Landwirschaft / 1925
Framed
Asking price 500
Estimate 800 - 1000
Auction 209, 29.01.2022
Otto EERELMAN
1839 Groningen - 1925 Groningen
Dutch painter; best known for his depictions of dogs and horses. He was also a court painter for the Dutch royal family and produced several portraits of Wilhelmina as princess and queen. In 1860, he enrolled at the Academie Minerva, where he studied with J.H. Egenberger. After graduating, he spent another year at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Later he took private lessons at the studios of Lawrence Alma-Tademy. After a brief stay in Paris, he returned to Groningen and worked as a teacher at the academy from 1867 to 1874. That same year he moved to Brussels to become a painter, but for unknown reasons moved to The Hague in 1875, where he lived until 1902. During this time he served as court painter to the royal family. In 1898, the illustrated album Horse Racing was published, containing 40 lithographs of Eerelman's paintings by Richard Schoenbeck (1840-1919). It depicted Queen Wilhelmina's favorite horse "Woyko" and was very popular. Later, an annotated collection of his works was translated into English by Clara Bell under the title Horses and Dogs. His best-known painting, "De paardenkeuring op de Grote Markt op de 28ste augustus," depicts the annual celebration (with horses) to commemorate the lifting of the siege of Groningen. For health reasons, he spent five years in Arnhem before returning to Groningen in 1907. At the age of eighty, he was ennobled and a street in Groningen was named after him.
