George Hendrik Breitner

George Hendrik Breitner
Breitner photographed by Willem Witsen
Born
George Hendrik Breitner

(1857-09-12)12 September 1857
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died5 June 1923(1923-06-05) (aged 65)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
MovementTachtigers

George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings.