"The painter [Mesdag] himself explained his work to me [in his studio, The Hague]. The last two paintings, which had just been finished, presented the fishing boats, leaving the beach in the early morning, with a guy who was still wading through the water very fast; and then the return of the 'bommen' [wooden fishing boats from that time] at sunset, when they are full of herring and therefore lie much deeper in the water.These canvases will be showed in Paris again. Because - said Mr. Mesdag - '..my best works have been exhibited there [Paris Salon]; together they form the development of my oeuvre, and that is why I remain faithful to them'. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
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Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (23 February 1831 – 10 July 1915) was a Dutch marine painter and important artist of the Hague School. seascapes and views of the beach at Scheveningen with fishing boats. In The Hague he painted the famous Panorama Mesdag with the support of his wife Sientje Mesdag van Houten and some other young artists.
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