Antique Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten Signed Tree Pond Landscape Etching 25"

Description

Antique etching by the Dutch-American landscape artist Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (1829–1904). A serene rural river or pond landscape featuring a prominent leaning tree in the foreground, detailed foliage, and birds in flight over the water. Gilt wood frame.

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (Alkmaar; November 14, 1829 in Alkmaar — July 12, 1904 in Paris) was a Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer. He studied in Haarlem, later with Cornelis Lieste, and later in Germany, Switzerland, Tirol, Brussels and Amsterdam. In 1865 he moved to New York City, from 1870 to 1873, he moved back to Europe and in 1883 he became a member or the National Academy Museum and School. He was known for his romantic rural etchings and paintings of European and American countryside scenes.

Condition

Discoloration; gentle wear to frame

Dimensions

18.5" x 0.75" x 24.5" (W x D x H)