Herman Johannes van der Weele (13 January 1852,

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– 2 December 1930,

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) was a Dutch painter of the second generation of the

Hague School The Hague School is a group of artists who lived and worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890. Their work was heavily influenced by the realist painters of the French Barbizon school. The painters of the Hague school generally made use of relati ...

. He is the father of Dutch entomologist

Herman Willem van der Weele Herman Willem van der Weele (8 October 1879 – 29 August 1910) was a Dutch entomologist. He was the son of Dutch painter Herman Johannes van der Weele (1852–1930). Works * Ascalaphiden: monographisch. HW van der Weele, ME baron de Sélys-Lo ...

(1879–1910). Van der Weele lived and worked initially in Middelburg, where he was a special inspector of the sea and harbor works in Zeeland. When he was 20 he moved to The Hague and was a student of the Art Academy in The Hague. He received advice from

Anton Mauve Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve (18 September 18385 February 1888) was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. A master colorist, he was a very signific ...

and

Johannes Bosboom Johannes Bosboom (18 February 1817 – 14 September 1891) was a Dutch painter and watercolorist of the Hague School, known especially for his paintings of church interiors. Biography He was born in The Hague. At the age of 14 he became a studen ...

. Mauve's influence can be detected in van der Weele's paintings. His compositions have the same simplicity and his choices of subjects are very much like those of Mauve. He painted flocks of sheep, sheep barns, stable interiors, meadows with cows, sand drifts, foresters with horses, farmers plowing with an ox team, milkmaids tending cows, street scenes with coaches, and sand quarries. Van der Weele occasionally worked in Limburg and Drente, but he usually spent his summers around Nunspeet in the Veluwe. Van der Weele was a close friend of

George Hendrik Breitner George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He pa ...

, who dedicated his 'Self-portrait With Lorgnette' to van der Weele. The provisioning of the hayloft by Herman Johannes van der Weele (1852-1930).jpg, The Provisioning
of the Hayloft File:Weele Berkenbos.jpg, In the Birch Forest File:Weele Herder.jpg, Sheep Herder

Sources

*Sillevis, John and Tabak, Anne, ''The Hague School Book'', Waanders Uitgegevers, Zwolle, 2004, pp. 349–355

External links

''Overview of his work by the Nunspeet Museum.''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weele, Herman Johannes Van Der 1852 births 1930 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Hague School People from Middelburg, Zeeland 20th-century Dutch painters 19th-century Dutch male artists 20th-century Dutch male artists