Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
A leader of the Dutch Impressionists, Breitner based this painting on a series of photographs he took of a construction site in Amsterdam. Although seemingly executed rapidly on site, the painting was in fact carefully composed in the studio. Aided by his own photographs and sketches, Breitner portrayed a city in transition. Like his friend Vincent van Gogh, Breitner admired naturalist literature and was determined to become a “painter of the people.”
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George Hendrik Breitner — The Rokin, Amsterdam
George Hendrik Breitner — The Demolition of the Grand Bazar 
Anton Mauve — Winter in de Scheveningse bosjes
Eduard Karsen — The Vinkenbuurt near Amsterdam
Claude Monet — Snow at Sunset
George Hendrik Breitner — Bouwterrein in Amsterdam
Alfred Sisley — First Snow at Veneux-Nadon
George Hendrik Breitner — Winter in Amsterdam
Claude Monet — Village Street, Vétheuil.
Pieter Gerardus van Os — The Casemates before Naarden, 1814
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898–1952) — The Furnace
Vincent van Gogh — Houses Seen from the Back
