Piet Rackwitsz, Landscape With Farm Building

Piet Rackwitsz, Landscape With Farm BuildingAn early to mid 20th century oil on panel depicting a woman doing laundry adjacent to a small farm building. The artist, Piet Rackwitsz (1892 1968), was born in Rotterdam, Holland, and spent many years working in The Hague. He was self taught and predominantly known as a landscape painter. Later in life, he travelled through America (Boston, New York, Hollywood and Pasadena) before becoming the co founder of the Hollywood Art Institute. Several of his

The sitter’s identity is a mystery but he carries a gentle

This unusual and highly atmospheric portrait of a lady is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing we’ve ever had here

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 25” x 18” / 64cm x 45cmYear of creation: c

The portrait is housed within a decorative gilded frame and signed/dated in the lower right

It seems that there were multiple attempts at restoration

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 12½” x 15” / 32cm x 39cmYear of creation: c

His works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Berlin

the Royal Holloway Museum at the University of London and the Victoria Museum and Gallery in Liverpool

An inscription on the reverse explains that Hilde was a Dutch student that attended Campsegret

The painting is monogrammed in the lower left and housed within a period frame

It’s likely that he created this piece towards the end of his career when he’d adopted a looser

Moritz Calisch (1819-1870)