Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709)Meindert Hobbema lived and worked in Amsterdam all his life. He was taught by landscape artist Jacob van Ruisdael. Together with his teacher Hobbema took study trips to the country's eastern provinces. The sketches they drew there would later be incorporated into their paintings. The same motifs are therefore found in both artists' work: Hobbema's favourite watermill was also painted by Ruisdael. In general Hobbema's work is lighter and more colourful than Ruisdael's. Hobbema produced his best work in the 1660s: wide forest landscapes with houses, watermills and sandy roads. In 1668 his output stopped. In that year he married and became a wine gaugerWine gaugerIt was the job of the wine gauger to measure the amount of wine in the vats of vintners and wine consumers. This formed the basis for the excise charged.. |
