Dommershuizen, Schilderijen P C Dommersen te koop aangeboden

P.C.Dommersen [Dommershuijzen]
1834 - 1918

Pieter Cornelis Dommersen and his family were from Utrecht in Holland, although
they moved to England at the end of the Nineteenth Century. His family name was
Dommershuijzen, but was changed for convenience when they came to England.
Dommersen came from a highly artistic family - his brother
Christian C. Dommersen, was a marine painter, and his son William is well known for his paintings of the Dutch waterways.
Dommersen travelled extensively around Europe on painting tours. He was often
accompanied by his son, and a similarity can be seen in their treatment of
figures. Dommersen is most famous for his marine subjects and his street scenes.
His works show excellent composition and depth, and he captures movement and
atmosphere exquisitely. He was as competent at painting traumatic seas, wild
skies and terrified people during a storm, as he was at painting tranquil,
serene estuaries. He signed his works: "P.C. Dommerson", "P.C. Dommershuizen",
"P.C. Dommelshuizen", "P.C. Dommershuyzen",or "PCD". He exhibited his work at the Royal
Academy, the British Institution and the Suffolk Street galleries of the Royal
Society of British Artists. Pieter Scheen, "Lexicon of
Dutch Artists", 1969, Vol.1, page 270.

P.C. Dommersen specialiseerde zich in zee- en riviergezichten omdat gedurende de 19e eeuw een herleving van de zeeschilderkunst ontstond. Daarom reisde hij veel in het buitenland en schilderde ook in de Verenigde Staten, België, Engeland en Frankrijk zoals zijn landgenoot Abraham Hulk Sr dat ook deed en die zich uiteindelijk ook in Engeland vestigde. Daarnaast schilderde hij ook genrestukken, landschappen en historische taferelen. Zijn werk werd onder meer tentoongesteld in Nederland in Amsterdam, Den Haag en Rotterdam. In Engeland werd zijn werk tentoongesteld in de Royal Academy, de Royal Society of British Artist, de Suffolk Street Galleries en het British Institution. Werk van Dommersen bevindt zich in musea te Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam en Utrecht, maar ook in meerdere Britse musea waar hij ook tentoonstelde en in particulier bezit. Veel van zijn werk is later van de signatuur van Hermanus Koekkoek voorzien omdat hun werk veel gelijkenis had.
Dommersen overleed waarschijnlijk in 1918 in Hexham in Engeland.