Johan Scherrewitz (1868 - 1951)

Johan Scherrewitz

Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz was a Dutch painter, a member of the late flourishing Hague School, and a member of the Guild of St. Luke.

Scherrewitz was a well-known painter of Dutch landscapes and farm life, as well as of fishermen and the Dutch coast. His paintings often depicted shepherds with sheep, fishermen with barges, carts and horses, farmers and cows. He also liked to paint ordinary working people.

Throughout his life, Scherrewitz adhered to the Hague School style. Despite this he was little known in his homeland, but he achieved success in England, Scotland, and the United States.