Elias Stark

Elias Stark is known primarily as a printmaker whose documented period of activity centers around the year 1859. His known artistic output consists entirely of prints, focusing on both portraiture and detailed genre scenes.

The integrity of Stark's oeuvre is established by the presence of his work in major institutions, notably the Rijksmuseum. Fifteen prints by the artist are represented in museum collections. These works demonstrate a varied subject matter, ranging from intimate portraits, such as Buste van een man met hoed op het hoofd and Gezicht van een oude man, to landscape and detailed genre scenes.

Notable examples of his work include the coastal view Duinkust and the complex winter scene Bevroren rivier met schaatsers en ijszeilen, which captures movement and genre activity on the ice. Other works, such as Huis aan het water met roeiboot ervoor, focus on everyday architecture and domestic settings.

Because the works are held in institutional collections, many of these historical etchings are now considered to be in the public domain. These museum-quality examples of Elias Stark prints provide valuable insight into printmaking practices of the mid-nineteenth century.