Overall in good condition, with minor areas of paint loss, mainly to the right and left-hand margins. Some wear to the frame, including small scuffs. Inspection under UV light shows no signs of restoration.
31.5 x 51.5cm (12.4" x 20.3")Framed Size: 36.4 x 51.5cm (14.3" x 20.3")
Johannes "Jos" Lussenburg (1889-1975) was born in Enkhuizen, a fishing village at the west-coast of the former Zuiderzee, currently the IJsselmeer. Lussenburg was a professional musician and a self-taught painter. After his marriage in 1917 to Jantje Langendijk, he moved to Meerssen in Limburg.
When Lussenburg hurt his hand in 1923, an infection of a finger on his left hand ended his career as violin player, and on advice of his wife he took up painting. Many of Lussenburg's paintings show the rough waves of the shallow Zuiderzee with one or more fishing sailing boats in action. Beside his paintings of fishing vessels at sea, he also painted portraits of old fishermen, farmers, beggars, and self-portraits.
In 1963, he published a book called De stervende zee (The dying sea) about the end of the fishing industry in the former Zuiderzee. Later, in 1975, a book De stervende Zuiderzee (The dying Zuiderzee) dealt with the same problem. In the books, there were pictures of his paintings together with several stories about the life of the fishers.
| SKU | kr251 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jos Lussenburg (1889-1975) |
| Date | 20th Century |
| Dimensions | 31.5 x 51.5cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Subject | Landscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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