Horse Breeds by Otto Eerelman, descriptive text by E.A.L. Quadekker Facsimile of the original album, Veenkoloniaal Museum, Veendam, The Netherlands and the National Rijtuigmuseum, Leek, The Netherlands, 2003. Hardcover, 283 pgs., illustrated by color plates and b/w photos. Dutch language. A skilled draftsman, watercolorist, and painter, Otto Eerelman was primarily known for his detailed renderings of horses. In 1907, Zutphen, Schillemans & Van Belkum published a limited Dutch edition of Paardenrassen Kunstalbum, a portfolio of chromolithographed plates based on paintings by Eerelman, which depict 40 different breeds of horses. Plates include the Arabian, Hackney, Percheron, Groninger, East-Prussian, Shire, Lipizzaner, Cleveland Bay, Suffolk, Hunter, Trakehner, Oldenburg, Hannoverian, Persian, Mecklenburg, Normand, Bretagne, English Thoroughbred, Russian Trotter, Gelders, Belgian, Ardennes, Hungarian, Pinzgauer, Russian workhorse, Russian Half-blood, Andalusian, Swiss, Danish, American Trotter, Turkish, Sandelhout, English and French ponies, Canadian, Algerian, Australian, Norwegian, Irish, Bolognaise, and Holsteiner. A well done facsimile with additional information on the artist, author of the accompanying text, and the original publication. |