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The Laren School is the name for an artists' colony located in the Dutch village Laren in Het Gooi near Hilversum. Also known for its pilgrimage church - the St. John's Church, from around 1870, the artists of the Hague School chose the inhabitants of Laren and the landscape as the subject of their art. Discovered by the painter Jozef Israëls it was distinguished by its unspoiled and outstanding design diversity and it was accepted as ideally situated by many members of the Hague School, and after 1898, it was rediscovered by young artists known as the second generation of the Laren School, their work extending far into the 20th century. This artist's colony is considered to be significant in Dutch Impressionism, seen as part of this international movement and the ideas fostered there found their way to the Modernist art movement. ==The first generation of the Laren School== Industrialisation begun in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other regions of the Netherlands affected landscapes untouched for centuries, many of which disappeared quickly, and with them the inspiration for earlier forms of landscape and genre painting. The fame of the Oosterbeek School lasted from 1855 to 1870 and after 15 years the artists were looking for a new place of work, and at some time around 1870, the painter Jozef Israëls discovered the village of Laren: he visited often with his son Isaac, who he instructed in outdoor painting.〔In this relationship, the successful system of the School of Barbizon reflects — so the painting lessons of the master and his pupil in the nature.〕 His enthusiasm for Laren, the surrounding landscape and agricultural activity was infectious, being communicated to his associates at the Pulchri Studio: the irst to follow him were Albert Neuhuys and Anton Mauve in 1877.〔Nina Lübbren: ''Rural artists colonies in Europe, 1870 to 1910'', Manchester University Press, 2001. p 170〕 and 1882.〔('' Anton Mauve - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam '' )〕 Later Hein Kever, Willem Steelink, Hendrik Valkenburg, Wally Moes, Etha Fles, Arina Hugenholtz and Tony Offermans followed. Not to be forgotten are Jan Hendrick Weissenbruch and Willem Roelofs. Thus, the ''Laren School'' as an artists colony was born.〔At that time there were all over the Netherlands a lof of artist's colonies, but they should never get the meaning of Kortenhoef, Laren, Oosterbeek or Scheveningen.〕 Unlike Jozef Israëls, some of his friends settled down here. Anton Mauve and Albert Neuhuys helped them, their Laren-inspired works were shown on the Pulchri Studio and affiliated galleries to the public. While Neuhuys concentrated on farm life as genre subject the others turned to the landscape. Art historians describe this as ''Laren Style'', which is regarded as part of the Hague School. About 1884 came the first foreign painters Max Liebermann to work in Gooiland. Liebermann had been friend with Jozef Israël a long time. Around 1885 the first colony ceased to produce new work based on Laren and it's environs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laren School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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