LC control no. | n 50043496 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Breitner, George Hendrik, 1857-1923 |
Variant(s) | Breitner, G. H. (George Hendrik), 1857-1923 |
Birth date | 1857-09-12 |
Death date | 1923-06-05 |
Place of birth | Rotterdam (Netherlands) |
Place of death | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
Field of activity | Photography, Artistic |
Profession or occupation | Painters Photographers |
Found in | George Hendrik Breitner ... Amat, 1904-08. G.H. Breitner, 1981: t.p. (G. H. Breitner) Wikipedia, Dec. 08, 2014 (George Hendrik Breitner; born 12 September 1857 in Rotterdam; died 5 June 1923 in Amsterdam; 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 painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects- rainy weather in particular- as reference materials for his paintings) |