Op het perron

Op het perron

<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The Utrecht-Amsterdam railway opened on 6 December 1843. Utrecht became an important railway hub in the following thirty years as new lines were laid to Arnhem, Zwolle, Den Bosch and Hilversum. The railways were of great economic importance: the railway companies alone provided employment for large numbers of workers. But this &lsquo;iron ring&rsquo; also hindered urban expansion for many years, and the coal fumes from the many trains sometimes hung over the city like a black cloud.</span></p>

The Utrecht-Amsterdam railway opened on 6 December 1843. Utrecht became an important railway hub in the following thirty years as new lines were laid to Arnhem, Zwolle, Den Bosch and Hilversum. The railways were of great economic importance: the railway companies alone provided employment for large numbers of workers. But this ‘iron ring’ also hindered urban expansion for many years, and the coal fumes from the many trains sometimes hung over the city like a black cloud.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Op het perron

Artist

Bart van der Leck (Utrecht 1876 - 1958 Blaricum)

Dating

1913 - 1913

Material and technique

caseïneverf op eterniet op triplex gemonteerd

Object number

11287

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop 1954

Dimensions

hoogte (paneel) 60 cm

breedte (paneel) 111 cm

hoogte (met lijst) 66.5 cm

breedte (met lijst) 117 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • monogram en datering l.o. (met verf): B V D L '13 (V en D iets kleinere kapitalen)

Documentation

  • B.A. van der Leck : Leven en werken, mr. W.C. Feltkamp, (Leiden, [1956]), nr. 49, p. 95

  • Bart van der Leck 1876-1958, [Paul Hefting ; Auke van der Woud], (Otterlo, 1976), cat. nr. S21, met afb.

  • Bart van der Leck : Maler der Moderne, Kat. Gijs van Tuyl. Red. Marlene Müller-Haas, (Wolfsburg, 1994), cat. nr. 15, p. 39, met afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • De gezonde stad , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022

  • De wereld van Utrecht. Topstukken uit vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2016 - 2022

  • Utopia: Expressionisme en Constructivisme 1900 -1940, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 2013 - 2014

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.3FCBBA82-3B87-4079-9EC6-256ECB91BB26

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