Wim Bos - Waalhaven

Wim Bos (1906- 1974) - Waalhaven

Wim Bos lived and worked in Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp and Paris. In 1924 he returned to Rotterdam. Bos formed himself. In Rotterdam he was not only inspired by the loading and unloading activities in the harbours and by the shipping traffic; the work of well-known Rotterdam painters such as Van Mastenbroek, Evert Moll and Marinus Drulman also stimulated him to frequently choose the harbour activities as the subject of his paintings.

Wim Bos developed his own impressionistic style, which was close to that of Marinus de Jongere. In addition to harbour views, he also painted, drew and watercoloured views of the water. His harbour views exude that typical atmosphere of the pre-war harbour, with coal firing, screeching steam whistles, rattling anchor chains in the hawsehole, and squeaking and creaking cranes and loading booms. The harbour is still very much alive in the heart of Rotterdam. Watching ships at the quay is a Rotterdam pastime and every Rotterdammer gets goose bumps when the ship's horns sound on New Year's Eve. Wim Bos transferred this emotion to his oil paintings. It was therefore all the more striking that Wim Bos rarely made his canvases in the harbour, even though it was so close by. He usually worked on the basis of postcards and reproductions, including photographs of his own paintings. After his death, these models were found around Wim Bos's easel, preserved by showers of oil paint and turpentine, which the painter had produced during his work over the years. If you looked at them for long, you could smell the harbor.

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