Oil on canvas. Title: Evening at De Heen.

Willem Cornelis Rip belongs to the best of the so-called ‘after bloom’ of The Hague School. He painted portraits, but focussed on landscapes, with a lot of attention for light and mood.

His strength lies in his sense of space and in his skies with a sun breaking through the clouds.

In 1895 he moved from Rotterdam to The Hague, where he became friends with Jozef Israëls. He regularly exhibited in Pulchri Studio.

Other work in the collection by W.C. Rip: