Brief aan August Allebé by Hendrik Johannes Haverman

Brief aan August Allebé 1898

photography

ink paper printed

old engraving style

hand drawn type

photography

personal sketchbook

hand-drawn typeface

pen-ink sketch

ink colored

pen work

sketchbook drawing

sketchbook art

"Brief aan August Allebé" (1898) is a handwritten letter by Dutch painter Hendrik Johannes Haverman (1857-1928), housed in the Rijksmuseum. It is a personal note expressing Haverman's admiration for August Allebé, a renowned professor at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam. The letter discusses Haverman's ongoing project, a lithograph and engraving of the Dutch writer Multatuli. Haverman, a celebrated artist known for his detailed landscapes and scenes of daily life, uses this letter to express his respect for Allebé's academic contributions to the art world.