Sketchbook Oszkár Mendlik (1871-1963)

Sketchbook with 37 sketches, some in watercolour, some in small draft. 1917-18. Oblong, 12 x 17.8 cm.

Mendlik was born in Hungary. He worked in the studio of Károly Lotz and emigrated to the Netherlands around 1900, where he married the artist Julie Mijnssen. Wikipedia notes that she specialised in "unupholstered sea views", a conscious choice not to become a painter of boats. However, next to the sea views, this booklet also contains several boats by his hand.