Hobbe Smith - Beautiful pastel drawing "Volendam fisherman" neatly framed - signed

• Hobbe Smith (Witmarsum, 7 December 1862 - Amsterdam, 1 May 1942) was a Dutch painter. His style was influenced by Impressionism.

Hobbe Smith was the son of a house painter. He was apprenticed to a lithographer at a young age. In his spare time he took drawing lessons, including at the Quellinius School. Thanks to a wealthy patron who recognised his special talent and a royal grant, he was able to study at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, including with August Allebé. He then studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, under Karel Verlat.
Smith's style is characterized by a loose, impressionistic touch, with a sense of atmosphere. He painted Smith a wide range of subjects: many figure pieces, often nudes, many sea and cityscapes, but also still lifes, portraits, landscapes, flowers, interiors, ships, mills, soldiers and historical pieces. He admired the work of Jacob Maris, but his own work is lighter and airier. In 1888 he won the Willink van Collen Prize. He only became better known later, after an exhibition in the Pulchri Studio in The Hague in 1902. In 1917 he was awarded a gold medal by Queen Wilhelmina.
Smith was a member of 'Arti et Amicitiae' and the Artists' Association Sint Lucas in Amsterdam and the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. He died in 1942, aged 79. Smith's work can be found in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Drents Museum in Assen and the Fries Scheepvaart Museum in Sneek, among others. His paintings also regularly turn up at art and antique auctions.