Forest Scene — History & Facts
Of all Dutch landscape painters, Koekkoek is perhaps the most Romantic. He specialized in splendid panora-mas of the valley of the Rhine and forest scenes with majestic trees, which at the time were called ‘Wodan’s Oaks’ (Wodan being the Dutch name for Odin, the major god in Norse mythology). In 1834 Koekkoek settled in Cleves in Germany, over the border from Nijmegen.
He found German scenery, with its hills and the Rhine, more romantic than the Dutch landscape.
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Italian Landscape
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
A wooded landscape
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Panoramalandschaft am Mittelrhein
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Die Wartburg bei Eisenach
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Waldlandschaft mit Hirten und Vieh
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
A winter’s day
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Travellers On A Road
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
A River Landscape in Holland at Sunset
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
A panoramic landscape with a view on the Middle-Rhine with a castle
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
A Summer Landscape With cows Watering, A Castle In The Distance
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
