August Allebé was an artist and teacher from the Northern Netherlands.
His early paintings were in a romantic style, but in his later work he was an exponent of realism and impressionism. He was a major initiator and promoter of Amsterdam Impressionism, the artist's association St. Lucas, and the movement of the Amsterdamse Joffers. Amsterdam Impressionism – sometimes referred to by art historians as the School of Allebé – was the counterflow to the very strong Hague School in the movement of Dutch Impressionism.
As a professor at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam he fostered a cosmopolitan attitude toward art and the promotion and motivation of his students, and provided a significant stimulus to developments in modern art.
Portrait by Hendrik Maarten Krabbé
Portrait by Allebé of Johannes Luden, 1868, collection Teylers Museum
Floris Arntzenius (1874/1925): Market with flower stalls, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Nicolaas Bastert (1890): Vechtlandschap
Amsterdam Impressionism was an art movement in late 19th-century Holland. It is associated especially with George Hendrik Breitner and is also known as the School of Allebé.
Students of the Rijksacademie Amsterdam (1882/83).
Floris Arntzenius (undated): Marktet with flower stalls, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Floris Arntzenius (undated): Spuistraat in Den Haag, private collection.
Johan Coenraad Braakensiek (1926): Hartjesdag, Amsterdam Museum.