Willem Leonard Bruckman - The Cath

Willem Leendert Bruckman (1866-1928)
Signature: Lower right
Size of work: 50 x 35 cm
The work is pasted on a cardboard background with the dimensions: 61 x 51 cm

Willem Leendert Bruckman was born in The Hague on 11 March 1866. Bruckman studied architecture and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. In 1897 he moved to England, where he worked as a painter and illustrator. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Pastel Society in London; the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol; and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. He lived in London during this period and later in Great Britain. Bardfield, Essex. He died in Laren in the Netherlands in 1928.

The work offered was made during the period that Bruckman lived and worked in England. The work is pastel and is probably a preliminary study for a work on target or a watercolor. If you study the drawing you see the artist at work. The drawing is partly colored which is characteristic of a preliminary study. The portal of the cathedral is quite detailed for a work in pastel. It is a unique work that is offered because works by Bruckman are rarely offered. Works from the period in which Bruckman worked in England are usually offered and sold in England. The work can be dated between the late 19th or early 20th century.