Background
Mesdag, son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and Johanna Willemina, worked with his younger brother Henry in the banking business of his family.
Mesdag, son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and Johanna Willemina, worked with his younger brother Henry in the banking business of his family.
Together they played an important part in the Hague School Pulchri Studio, where Hendrik served as president and Taco as treasurer. He was taught by Paul Gabriël, among others Mesdag is best known as the painter of the landscape of Drenthe.
Much of his work was donated by his widow, Geesje van Calcar, to the Groninger Museum.
Hague School.