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A SELECTION FROM THE HOTEL SPAANDER COLLECTION (LOTS 147-165).
The succesful businessman Leendert Spaander combined his love for art with his entrepreneurship. He owned a hotel in the centre of Volendam and set out to attract an international clientele, preferably artists from all over the world.
His slogan "Artist kom binne" (Artist come in) was painted on the signboard, but Leendert Spaander wanted more. He advertised his hotel by means of Thomas Cook and American Express and distributed images of his daughters dressed up in a typically and buoyant head ornament from Volendam, the so-called hul. These pictures gained much popularity and eventually became internationally recognized images of a stereotypical Dutch girl. The hotel rooms were decorated with objects characteristic for Volendam interiors. Artists were able to rent these rooms and Spaander would arrange models in regional dress. His own daughters would sometimes pose for the artists as well. Three of his seven daughters even married an artist, and two of them acted as hostess during the world's fair in 1898 in London. Spaander was an expert on 'marketing' even before this term came into vogue.
Artists arrived in large numbers and were enchanted by the colourful houses with their magenta roofs, regional costumes and folklore of the population of Volendam. Not only foreign painters frequented Hotel Spaander; Dutch artists, such as Piet van der Hem, Anthonie Pieter Schotel and Willy Sluiter, were welcome guests as well. Spaander started to ask the artists to contribute to the Hotel's collection. Consequently a substantial collection of paintings, drawings, sketches and caricatures was acquired over the years. Part of this collection is still on permanent view in the oude herberg, the authentic café of Hotel Spaander. Included in the collection are works by Paul Signac and Theo Rijsselberghe.
Even after Leendert Spaander's death, many works were added to the collection, which became too large to display simultaneously. A deliberate selection was made between the core collection and objects less related to the main theme of Volendam. It is from this final category that several important pieces will now be offered for sale, starting with 14 works by Johan Marinus Henri (Mari) ten Cate (1831- 1910), which give an impression of the high level the collection achieved in its 130 year old existence.
John Sillevis
Mari ten Kate (The Hague 1831-1910 Driebergen-Rijsenburg)
Promising talent
Details
Mari ten Kate (The Hague 1831-1910 Driebergen-Rijsenburg)
Promising talent
signed 'm ten Kate.' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
380 x 495 mm.
Promising talent
signed 'm ten Kate.' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
380 x 495 mm.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, 1910.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 April 1998, lot 336 (Dfl. 23.064).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 April 1998, lot 336 (Dfl. 23.064).
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