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Anton Hirschig
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Lot 14
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€7,500
Estimate:
€8,000 - €12,000
Anton Hirschig, 1867-1939
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Oil on canvas, 22" x 29" (56 x 74cm), signed with monogram and inscribed Brasschaat 1909.
Antonius Matthias Hirschig was born on 18 February 1867 in Naarden, a town in the province of North Holland in the... Read more
Lot 14
Anton Hirschig
FEEDING TIME
FEEDING TIME
Oil on canvas, 22" x 29" (56 x 74cm), signed with monogram and inscribed Brasschaat 1909.
Antonius Matthias Hirschig was born on 18 February 1867 in Naarden, a town in the province of North Holland in the... Read more
Lot 14
Anton Hirschig
FEEDING TIME
Estimate:
€8,000 - €12,000
Anton Hirschig, 1867-1939
FEEDING TIME
Oil on canvas, 22" x 29" (56 x 74cm), signed with monogram and inscribed Brasschaat 1909.
Antonius Matthias Hirschig was born on 18 February 1867 in Naarden, a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He moved to the country village of Auvers-sur-Oise, 30 kilometers from Paris in June 1890. This quiet hamlet lured many nineteenth-century artists from Paris to its sunlit wheat fields, clear skies and charming homes and gardens. Artist Charles Daubigny arrived in 1860 and never left. Manet, Cezanne, Renoir, Camille Pissaro and Vincent Van Gogh all lived there for a time.
Hirschig lodged with van Gogh at the Auberge Ravoux from around 17 June 1890 to shortly after Van Gogh's death on 29th July 1890. He had been introduced by Van Gogh's brother, Theo, and he occupied the attic room next to Van Gogh's. These two rooms can still be seen at the Inn today, known as Maison van Gogh. Two of Hirschigs paintings, "Undergrowth" and "Peasants resting in the fields", today hang on the walls of the room he occupied.
Van Gogh was hugely productive in Auvers, where he paid 3.5 francs per month to lodge at Auberge Ravoux. In the three months he stayed there he completed almost seventy paintings and some of his best-known works. Along with numerous landscapes, he made portraits, including one of Adeline Ravoux, the innkeepers' daughter.
Anton Hirschig is mentioned in three of Van Gogh's letters.[13] At first Van Gogh thought Hirschig too "gentil" to be an artist and questioned whether he would ever amount to anything. However, in what was to be Van Gogh's last letter (to his brother Theo), he softens his position and says that he thinks Hirschig has begun to understand things a little better.
The day Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest, a fatal wound, July 27, 1890, Anton Hirschig summoned the physician and also notified Theo who arrived in time before he died. Hirschig remained at van Gogh's bedside before returning to his neighboring bed. "He was lying in his garret under a zinc roof. It was terribly hot ... He shouted all night, shouted a lot! ", he recalled in a letter in 1911. Hirschig subsequently assisted at van Gogh's funeral and left Auvers for good shortly after.
FEEDING TIME
Oil on canvas, 22" x 29" (56 x 74cm), signed with monogram and inscribed Brasschaat 1909.
Antonius Matthias Hirschig was born on 18 February 1867 in Naarden, a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. He moved to the country village of Auvers-sur-Oise, 30 kilometers from Paris in June 1890. This quiet hamlet lured many nineteenth-century artists from Paris to its sunlit wheat fields, clear skies and charming homes and gardens. Artist Charles Daubigny arrived in 1860 and never left. Manet, Cezanne, Renoir, Camille Pissaro and Vincent Van Gogh all lived there for a time.
Hirschig lodged with van Gogh at the Auberge Ravoux from around 17 June 1890 to shortly after Van Gogh's death on 29th July 1890. He had been introduced by Van Gogh's brother, Theo, and he occupied the attic room next to Van Gogh's. These two rooms can still be seen at the Inn today, known as Maison van Gogh. Two of Hirschigs paintings, "Undergrowth" and "Peasants resting in the fields", today hang on the walls of the room he occupied.
Van Gogh was hugely productive in Auvers, where he paid 3.5 francs per month to lodge at Auberge Ravoux. In the three months he stayed there he completed almost seventy paintings and some of his best-known works. Along with numerous landscapes, he made portraits, including one of Adeline Ravoux, the innkeepers' daughter.
Anton Hirschig is mentioned in three of Van Gogh's letters.[13] At first Van Gogh thought Hirschig too "gentil" to be an artist and questioned whether he would ever amount to anything. However, in what was to be Van Gogh's last letter (to his brother Theo), he softens his position and says that he thinks Hirschig has begun to understand things a little better.
The day Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest, a fatal wound, July 27, 1890, Anton Hirschig summoned the physician and also notified Theo who arrived in time before he died. Hirschig remained at van Gogh's bedside before returning to his neighboring bed. "He was lying in his garret under a zinc roof. It was terribly hot ... He shouted all night, shouted a lot! ", he recalled in a letter in 1911. Hirschig subsequently assisted at van Gogh's funeral and left Auvers for good shortly after.
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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