Willem Witsen, Oude Waal, Amsterdam lithograph De Hoog is represented at

De Hoog is represented at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

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Artist’s auction highlight: £13

Many of his views were drawn from the Chicago region but he also returned to Sweden to paint occasionally

perhaps fishing with a line

Willem Witsen, Oude Waal, Amsterdam lithograph De Hoog is represented atThis charming early 20th century etching by Dutch artist Willem Witsen (1860 1923) depicts a canalside scene on the Oude Waal in Amsterdam. He studied this view from a moored studio boat. Here we see several figures caught in perpetuity while undertaking everyday activities. A boy carries a hoop, two women watch the world go by from concrete steps, an older gentleman waits in a doorway. At number 78, a hand written sign indicates that this is a