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Hobbema

American  
[hob-uh-muh, haw-buh-mah] / ˈhɒb ə mə, ˈhɔ bə mɑ /

noun

  1. Meindert 1638–1709, Dutch painter.


Hobbema British  
/ ˈhɒbɪmə, ˈhɔbəmaː /

noun

  1. Meindert (ˈmaɪndərt). 1638–1709, Dutch painter of peaceful landscapes, usually including a watermill

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Up on the stage went 61 paintings by Rubens, Romney, Hobbema and others; when the hammer fell on the last of them, a total of $46,690 had been paid out.

From Time Magazine Archive

We left Utrecht after lunch and slowly made our way along the picture landscapes of the Holland countryside, through Hobbema avenues, and under the shadow of quaint Dutch church spires.

From The Automobilist Abroad by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

We, therefore, one and all of the household of Cromarty, offer her this picture of fir trees, this painting by Hobbema, and we trust that she will accept it in the spirit it is tendered.”

From Patty's Friends by Wells, Carolyn

He took Hobbema and Wynants as models, and chose country lanes, hedge-rows, with dwarf oak-trees, for his subjects.

From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.

It has been said that Hobbema did not paint his own figures, but transferred that duty to Adriaen van de Velde, Lingelbach, Barent Gael, and Abraham Storck.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther