Willem van de Velde & Son

[flying_dutchman2]

Willem van de Velde & Son
Jeroen van der Vliet & Remmelt Daalder

 

Publisher ‎Thoth; 1st edition (September 20, 2021)
Language ‎English
ISBN-10 ‎9068688421
ISBN-13 ‎978-9068688429
Item Weight ‎2.47 pounds
Dimensions ‎9.33 x 0.83 x 11.3 inches
Suggested retail price. $44.00
Black and white and color photographs.

 

Review. 

One of the most informative and  comprehensive book on these 2 Dutch marine artists I have ever seen. The chapters are well laid out, which gives the reader a good idea of what the van de Velde's did and their life history. Both van de Velde's have produced more than 2500 prints and 800 paintings.

Every painting and drawing has a brief description of what it depicts and title, size and location of the piece. Both paintings and drawings are very detailed and have been used to create the many plans from Dutch ships that are sometimes included with books. 

If you like detailed marine paintings and prints, a piece of important Dutch art history, then this book is for you. Actually it is a book for everyone.

The only thing I don't like is that there are not enough pages with paintings and prints. It should have been double the size and both wider and longer. I would have happily paid more for it.

Marcus

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Willem-van-Velde-Jeroen-Vliet/dp/9068688421/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=Willem+van+de+Velde&qid=1636038075&qsid=145-9991687-9915549&sr=8-1&sres=9068688421%2C9059973143%2C0856673897%2C0905555627%2C1539956709%2C153995661X%2C1539953939%2C1539953777%2C1539861465%2C1539861325%2CB0157OZJLI%2C3782202546%2C1148178503%2C1376576562&srpt=ABIS_BOOK#featureBulletsAndDetailBullets_feature_div

There is another book that I did not get and supposed to be very interesting as well.

Van de Velde & Son, Marine Painters: The Firm of Willem van de Velde the Elder and Willem van der Velde the Younger, 1640-1707
Remmelt Daalder

Thanks for reading, 

Marcus 

[druxey]

Thank you for bringing this book to our attention, Marcus!

[rcweir]

On the topic of Van de Velde drawings only,  there's a two volume folio set published by Cambridge University in 1973.   I have vol 1 (National Maritime Museum drawings) with all 745 drawings illustrated.   Vol 2, which I haven't seen, covers "the Ingram Collection".

 

The full title of my volume is "Van de Velde drawings; a catalogue of drawings in the National Maritime Museum made by the elder and the younger Willem Van de Velde."

[Bob Cleek]

Most interesting! Thanks for the review.

[Mark P]

Good Evening everyone;

 

Thanks Marcus, I will see if I can get a copy of this. 

 

I believe that you will find that the two volume set is known as the Robinson volumes, as they were in large part put together by Michael Robinson (d. 1999) who worked at the Maritime Museum as keeper of the pictures, and was an expert in the works of the Van de Veldes.

 

There is a set in the British LIbrary, and probably others in many other places; the second hand value of these is rather too high, unfortunately. 

 

All the best,

 

Mark P

Edited November 4, 2021 by Mark P

[druxey]

I believe that there was a V de V exhibition at the NMM some years ago, and a large format catalog volume was produced at that time. Am I remembering this correctly?

 

Also, (if you can get there!):

 

https://www.holland.com/global/press/news-resources/exhibition-of-van-de-velde-marine-art.htm

Edited November 4, 2021 by druxey

[amateur]

And in case you are in Amsterdam this winter, the scheepvaartmuseum has an exhibition of paintings and drawings of the Van de Veldes. The cover of the catalogue (dutch only) looks very much like the book cover shown by Marcus.

 

Jan

Edited November 4, 2021 by amateur

[flying_dutchman2]

@rcweir

I know about this. I have seen those books in a bookstore somewhere. 

 

@Bob Cleek

You are welcome. 

 

@Mark P

The books from Michael Robinson are still available on Amazon. 

 

@druxey

Thanks. 

 

@amateur

I wish I was going to be in Amsterdam this winter, but that won't be the case so I have the book instead. 

 

Marcus