Lot 1150: GERARD ALTMANN (1870-1940)

GERARD ALTMANN (1870-1940)
THE ARBORETUM TROMPENBURG AT THE GROENE WETERING, KRALINGEN, ROTTERDAM IN BLOOM
SIGNED 'G. ALTMANN' (LOWER LEFT)
OIL ON CANVAS
36.5 X 56.5 CM.
AND FOUR OTHER PAINTINGS OF THE ARBORETUM TROMPENBURG BY THE SAME HAND
5 (5)

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
THE ROTTERDAM ARTIST GERARD ALTMANN WORKED IN AND NEAR HIS HOME TOWN, AND WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAITS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE ROTTERDAM COLLECTOR D.G. VAN BEUNINGEN.

ARBORETUM TROMPENBURG WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY ESTATE ZOMERLUST IN KRALINGEN, BUILT FOR THE ROTTERDAM SHIPOWNER JAMES SMITH (1824-1894). IT WAS KEPT AND PARTLY REDESIGNED BY SEVERAL NEXT GENERATIONS OF JAMES SMITH'S FAMILY, BECAME PART OF THE FOUNDATION ARBORETUM TROMPENBURG IN 1958, AND IS STILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC VISITS.