An autumn day in Drenthe

Alexander Möllinger

‘The best landscape painter in the Netherlands’. This is what English journalists wrote about Alexander Mollinger af ter the London World Exhibition in 1862. He made this painting of a sun-drenched landscape in Drenthe especially f or the Scottish market, where he was also very popular. The press particularly praised his use of colour. What strikes you about the colours of this painting? 

Manufacturer	Alexander Möllinger
Manufacturing period	1866
Material	Doek, olieverf
Creditline	Collection Drents Museum, gift Stichting Vrienden van het Drents Museum