Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep, Anton Mauve Playing Cards

Playing Cards, Standard Index faces with the painting 'Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep' by the famous Dutch artist Anton Mauve. Artist:Anton Mauve Title Dutch : Herderin met kudde schapen Title English: Shepherdess with a Flock of Sheep Medium: painting/ oil on canvas Date:c. 1870 - c. 1888 Measurements:h 54 cm × w 82 cm Anton Mauve was a realist painter and most of his work depicts people and animals in outdoor settings. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. A master colourist. Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve was born on 18 September 1838 in Zaandam, a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. A year after his birth, the family moved to Haarlem where Mauve grew up. He was apprenticed to the painter Pieter Frederik van Os followed by Wouter Verschuur. In his further development he worked with Paul Gabriël. In 1872 Anton Mauve moved to The Hague where he became a leading member of the Hague School of painters and one of the founders of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij in 1876. He also played a leading role in the development of the Pulchri Studio, The Hague's most influential art society at the time. In the last two years of his life Mauve settled in the village of Laren in the region surrounding Hilversum called het Gooi. The group of painters who settled there, including Jozef Israëls and Albert Neuhuys, came to be known collectively as the Larense School. He was married to van Gogh's cousin Ariëtte (Jet) Sophia Jeannette Carbentus, and he was a major influence on van Gogh, who revered him. He is mentioned, directly or indirectly, in 152 of van Gogh's surviving letters. Mauve died suddenly in Arnhem on 5 February 1888.