Hobbema, Meindert

orig. Meyndert Lubbertsz(oon)

(baptized Oct. 31, 1638, Amsterdam—died Dec. 7, 1709, Amsterdam) Dutch landscape painter. He worked principally in Amsterdam, painting quiet rural scenes studded with trees, rustic buildings, peaceful streams, and water mills. His idyllic landscapes are carefully composed and feature meticulous renderings of twisted foliage and gentle terrain. In 1689 he produced his masterpiece, The Avenue, Middelharnis. Though he apparently had little success in his lifetime, his work became popular and influential in England in the 19th century. In the 20th century he was generally regarded as second only to Jacob van Ruisdael, a pupil of his, among Dutch landscapists.

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