François Pieter Ter Meulen (1843-1927), Sheep Grazing, Circa 1900

ter Meulen, François Pieter
Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands), March 9, 1843 – The Hague, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland (Netherlands), June 10, 1927

Sheep grazing, circa 1900
Watercolour on paper
Signed lower left « Ter Meulen »
H. 34 cm. / L. 47.5 cm. (view)
H. 45 cm. / L. 57 cm. (with frame)

In a gilded wood frame.

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Ter Meulen, Francois Pieter
Bodegraven, South Holland (Netherlands), March 9, 1843 – The Hague / Den Haag, South Holland (Netherlands), June 10, 1927

Dutch painter, draughtsman and watercolourist, one of the members of the Hague School.

François Pieter ter Meulen was the son of Jan ter Meulen (1809-1895), a lead white manufacturer from Bodegraven, and Christina Henriette Bohn (1806-1892), the daughter of a Haarlem publisher. In 1881, he married Augusta Wijnaendts (1846-1930), daughter of the mayor, with whom he had two sons, including Dr. Jacob ter Meulen (1884-1962), librarian of the Vredespaleis and president of the Nederlandsche Vereeniging van Bibliothecarissen (Dutch Association of Librarians).

Francois Pieter ter Meulen was a pupil of, among others, Anthonij (Anton) Mauve (1838-188), Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795-1860) and Julius Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1835-1925).

Ter Meulen himself taught painting to his nephew Jan Cornelis (Jan) Tiele (1884-1956), the son of his sister and Dr. Pieter Anton Tiele (1834-1889), a librarian who had married in 1879.

Ter Meulen lived and worked in Amsterdam, Bodegraven and The Hague. He also painted the Veluwe countryside in Elspeet with his friend Herman Johannes van der Weele (1852-1930).

Ter Meulen was a member of the art societies Pulchri Studio and Arti et Amicitiae. From 1910 to 1914, he was chairman of Pulchri Studio. In this capacity, he was particularly active in having a monument erected in The Hague in memory of Jacobus Hendricus (Jacob) Maris (1837-1899) and Willem Maris (1844-1910).

In 1910, he was awarded a 1^st Class medal at the Brussels Universal Exhibition.

Ter Meulen became and remains famous for his paintings and watercolours of moorland landscapes with sheep. He is mentioned in some of Vincent van Gogh’s (1853-1890) letters. In one of his letters, van Gogh expressed his admiration for his colleague’s paintings of sheep.

Ter Meulen’s works can be found in the collections (among others) of the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), the Teylers Museum (Haarlem), the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Noord-Veluws Museum (Nunspeet).

Source
Notice wikipedia.org: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Pieter_ter_Meulen