Who painted By Evening?

By Evening was painted by Jacob Maris in 1892.

Where can I see By Evening?

By Evening is held by Rijksmuseum.

What movement is By Evening?

By Evening is associated with Impressionism.

Artwork

By Evening

Jacob Maris , 1892

By Evening is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Jacob Maris. It dates from 1892 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

About this work

Overview

“By Evening,” executed in oil in 1892, is a landscape by Dutch painter Jacob Maris. The work belongs to the collection of the Rijksmuseum and exemplifies the atmospheric approach characteristic of the Hague School, which Maris helped define during the late nineteenth century.

Subject & Meaning

The canvas presents a dim, overcast scene dominated by a solitary windmill rising from a wet, muddy terrain. Dark, swirling clouds fill the sky, while distant trees and modest structures recede into the gloom, suggesting a quiet, perhaps melancholic moment in the Dutch countryside as day yields to night.

Technique & Style

Maris employs loose, rapid brushwork that conveys the immediacy of the weathered atmosphere. The strokes are broad and gestural, rendering the sky and ground with a tactile roughness, while the windmill is reduced to a simple, almost schematic silhouette that cuts through the stormy backdrop.

History & Provenance

Created toward the end of Maris’s productive period, the painting reflects his mature handling of light and mood. It entered the Rijksmuseum’s holdings as part of the museum’s effort to represent the Hague School, and it remains on view as a representative example of Maris’s late oeuvre.

Artist & collection

Artist

Jacob Maris

Jacob Henricus Maris (August 25, 1837 – August 7, 1899) was a Dutch painter, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters.