John Quincy Adams - Volendam

The curious 1901

A group of five children in Dutch costume curiously look in through an open window. On the inner windowsill a bowl with high wavy edge. Pastel on cardboard 86 x 53 cm Signature: J. Ɑdams 8. Nov Unknown private collection. [...]

Morning hour 1902

For description see text below. Oil on wood, 39 x 48 cm Signature: John Q. Ɑdams Volendam Illustration: Auction catalog Dorotheum Vienna 28.11.1972 Lot 598 Plate 100 Unknown private collection.

Little Dutch girl 1902

Full-length portrait of a small Dutch girl in traditional costume with a light-colored hood and wooden shoes (clogs). The girl is standing on a quay wall, on the left the water of a canal, on the right a wooden fence. Pastel [...]

Portrait of a Dutch child 1902

Half portrait of a child in side view from the right, face turned towards the viewer. The little girl is wearing a blue dress, on her head a white hood, her hair is tied in the back with long red ribbons. Watercolor on [...]

In the vegetable garden 1902

Dutch genre study. A man sits in the vegetable garden in the shade of a tree, a pipe in his hand, his legs stretched out over a narrow irrigation channel. He wears a green jacket and black pants. Oil on cardboard 48 x [...]

Fisherman in rowing boat 1903

A fisherman in Dutch costume is standing in a rowboat. The fisherman is dressed in a traditional costume: wide brown baggy pants, light brown sweater, a black scarf around his neck, a brown fur or felt cap on his head, and [...]

Cleaning the pot 1903

A woman in Dutch costume with a light skirt and dark top and with a white hood is sitting on a bench in front of a house. In her hands she holds a round pot, the rim of which she holds tightly with her left hand and the inside [...]

Ships in the port of Volendam 1903

Fishing boats in the harbor of Volendam. These lined up in a semicircle on the harbor wall, some with set sails. In the background houses with red tiled roofs under cloudy gray-blue sky. Oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm Signature: [...]

Prayer for the dead in the poorhouse of Volendam 1903

. Image description: see below. Oil on canvas, 198 x 244 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Volendam 1903 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum Mumbai Sir Dorab Tata Collection 33.38

Windmill near Edam 1903

Windmill in Dutch marsh landscape crossed by S-shaped watercourse. Rain-covered gray cloudy sky. In the left foreground and center of the picture two wooden structures (toilets) standing on stilts. In the center the windmill [...]

At the canal I 1904

An old white-haired fisherman with a cap sits in a rowboat, between his knees he holds a little girl in Dutch costume with a white hood with wing-like flared sides. To the left of the fisherman sits an older girl, also in [...]

The journey of life (triptych) 1905

Triptych: Birth, Farewell, Death. Image description: see below. Oil on canvas 118 x 171 cm (L: 105 x 57, M: 118 x 57, R: 105 x 57 cm) Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Volendam 905 Galeria Nationale de l'Arte Rome Image: [...]

At the canal II 1905

Image description according to auction catalog: A girl sits knitting on the canal bank. Oil on canvas, 53 x 66 cm Signature: unknown, but signed and with dedication according to the auction catalog. No image available. Work [...]

Dutch girl 1905

Genre study. Full body portrait of a sitting Dutch girl. Profile view of her left, the girl sitting on a ladder chair, wearing a Dutch dark blue and white costume with white hood, hands clasped together in lap, feet completely [...]

Evening of life 1905

Dutch genre painting of an old man squatting on the ground, dressed in dark costume, hands intertwined. Interior is represented by a wooden paneling and a fireplace with two cauldrons, one filled with vegetable /potatoes, [...]

At the fish scale Volendam 1909

. For picture description see below. Oil on canvas 158 x 200 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 909 Unknown private collection (Austria?)

Maedje 1909

Half-body genre portrait of a Dutch girl. Shown in a sitting position, holding her the hands in the lap over each other, the look of her blue eyes directed towards the viewer, this but not looking at him/her. She wears a [...]

After work 1911

On a small alley lined with small one-story fishermen's cottages, a group of people in Dutch costume has gathered. Three--a man and two women--are sitting on a tree trunk, with two other women standing next to (from the viewer's [...]

Mother and child 1914

. Oil on wood 46 x 37 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 914 Unknown private collcetion Illustration: Artnet sale date 23.10.1996