Willem Bastiaan Tholen Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Willem Bastiaan Tholen Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 28, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Zeilschepengesi…
Est: €150 - €250
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Zeilschepengesigneerd Tholen linksondergemengde techniek op papier30 x 23 cm.
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Sep. 28, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Korenveld met m…
Est: €600 - €800
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Korenveld met marskramergesigneerd Tholen linksonderolieverf op doek25,5 x 44 cm. Herkomst:Dr. H.J. Wagener, UtrechtTentoonstellingslabel op verso:Gemeente museum Amsterdam
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Sep. 15, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €800 - €1,200
3 sheets with various sketches: I. 30 sketches of cityscapes; II. 29 sketches of figures and cityscapes; III. 5 sketches of theatres each signed 'Tholen' (lower right, on the larger sheet),I. black and blue chalk on paper, mounted on a larger shaped sheet of paper, unframed, various size from 5x3 cm to 13x5 cm (46x62 cm larger sheet); II. black and blue chalk on paper, mounted on a larger sheet of paper, unframed, each circa 5x8,5 cm (38x61 cm larger sheet); III. black chalk on paper, mounted on a larger shaped sheet of paper, unframed, various size from 11,5x15,5 cm to 9x24 cm (54x70,5 cm larger sheet)
Venduehuis Auctioneers The Hague
Sep. 15, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Flat-bottomed boat at sea signed 'Tholen' (lower right),oil on panel, 27x36 cm (38x48 cm incl. frame)
Venduehuis Auctioneers The Hague
Jun. 29, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860 - 1931), Sailing fishing boat, signed (bottom left), oil on canvas, 37 x 43 cm.
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860 - 1931), Sailing fishing boat, signed (bottom left), oil on canvas, 37 x 43 cm.
Medusa Auctioneers
May. 28, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Rowing on the Kaag, a farm on the bank, watercolour on paper, 44,5x67,5 cm,signed 'WB. Tholen' (lower right), Provenance: -Auction, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 20 April 2004, lot 104. -With Kunsthandel Hein A.M. Klaver, Baarn (label attached to the frame).
Venduehuis Auctioneers The Hague
May. 27, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
Frozen moat by a manor, oil on canvas, 58x98 cm, signed 'WB Tholen' (lower right), Provenance: -Auction, Christie's, Amsterdam, 27 April, 1999, lot 245.
Venduehuis Auctioneers The Hague
May. 21, 2026
WILLEM BASTIAAN THOLEN (1860-1931)
Est: €600 - €800
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)Molens achter een rietkraag maroufle, gesigneerd rechtsonder, 23 x 32,5 cm. [1]
Veilinggebouw de Zwaan
May. 21, 2026
WILLEM BASTIAAN THOLEN (1860-1931)
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)Zandafgraving maroufle, gesigneerd rechtsonder, 29 x 52 cm. [1]
Veilinggebouw de Zwaan
May. 21, 2026
WILLEM BASTIAAN THOLEN (1860-1931)
Est: €100 - €200
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)'Langs het water' houtskool en aquarel, gesigneerd rechtsonder, 23,5 x 26,5 cm. [1]
Veilinggebouw de Zwaan
May. 11, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Winterlandschap met boerderij en avondroodgesigneerd WB Tholen re
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Winterlandschap met boerderij en avondroodgesigneerd WB Tholen rechtsonderolieverf op doek40 x 50 cm.
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Feb. 24, 2026
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Punter in the polder, signed 'Tholen' (lower right), oil on canvas, 23, 5x40, 5 cm (40x57 cm incl. frame), Provenance:-With Kunsthandel Hein A.M. Klaver, Baarn (label attached to the frame), -With Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede, inv. no. 9270/Kh. bv (labels attached to the frame and stretcher),
Venduehuis Auctioneers The Hague
Jan. 23, 2026
Attributed to Wilhelm Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931), On the waterways of Holland (Paysage hollandais), oil on panel, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in (24 x 32 cm)
Est: $300 - $500
Attributed to Wilhelm Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931) On the waterways of Holland (Paysage hollandais) oil on panel
Andrew Jones Auctions
Dec. 15, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860 - 1931) Zeilschip op zee
Est: €500 - €800
Marouflé, l.o. gesigneerd en gedateerd '21.
Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
Dec. 08, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Winterlandschap met boerderij en avondroodgesigneerd WS Tholen re
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Winterlandschap met boerderij en avondroodgesigneerd WS Tholen rechtsonderolieverf op doek40 x 50 cm.
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 02, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931). View of a forest.
Est: €1,200 - €1,600
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931) View of a forest oil on canvas signed (lower right) 32.5 x 47 cm. Condition: Relined, frame abrasions along lower edge, otherwise in good condition.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Nov. 28, 2025
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931) (attrib.). (Barge by the quay).
Est: €300 - €500
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931) (attrib.). (Barge by the quay). Oil on canvas, 25x31 cm., with fading "Tholen(?)" in lower left corner, framed. - Varnish sl. browned.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 28, 2025
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (Dune landscape near Terschelling).
Est: €80 - €100
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (Dune landscape near Terschelling). Drawing, black chalk, 19x29 cm. - Slightly yellowed. = With loose label providing information in later hand: "Deze tekening is afkomstig uit het schetsboek "Oude Wetering en Terschelling" van W.B. Tholen. Het schetsboek was in het bezit van Josien Wouters, een vriendin van de schilder. Het werd na haar dood in 1970 geveild in het Venduehuis der notarissen 's Gravenhage".
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 28, 2025
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (A cart in front of a storage shed).
Est: €150 - €250
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (A cart in front of a storage shed). Drawing, black crayon and watercolour, 23,5x32 cm., signed "Tholen" in lower left corner, framed. = The sign above the door of the shed reads "Bergplaats van turf en hout [illegible]".
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 27, 2025
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Zeilende Botter.
Est: €80 - €100
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Zeilende Botter. Etching heightened w. white, 17x21,7 cm., signed "Tholen" in the plate, under passepartout. - Yellowed. = Knuttel 43. Idem. De Eudia aan de oever. Etching, 12x8 cm., signed "Tholen" and "Eudia 03" in the plate. = Knuttel 40: "Tholen's schip, de Eudia, met neergehaald zeil aan een, met struiken begroeide oever gemeerd"
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 27, 2025
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). "Schepen".
Est: €100 - €150
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). "Schepen". Lithograph, 26,4x35,8 cm., printed title, signed "Tholen" on the stone. = Knuttel 81, published as appendix with to newspaper The Groene Amsterdammer. AND ±20 other lithographs, i.a. by Jan SLUIJTERS, Willem WOUTERS, Livinus van de BUNDT, Richard ROLAND HOLST, Otto HANRATH and Sierk SCHRÖDER.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 27, 2025
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Haven, Norderney.
Est: €100 - €150
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Haven, Norderney. Etching, 18,2x23,8 cm., signed "Tholen" in pencil and in the plate. Idem. Brievenbus Kaag. Etching, 12,8x26,8 cm., signed "Tholen" in pencil and in the plate. = Knuttel 22 and 60.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 27, 2025
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Giethoorn.
Est: €80 - €100
Tholen, Willem (1860-1931). Giethoorn. Etching, printed in brown, 13,7x21 cm., signed "Tholen" in pencil and in the plate (foxed). Idem. Hekken, Kaag. Etching, 11,2x21 cm., signed "Tholen" in pencil and in the plate, under passepartout. = Knuttel 16 and 57.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Oct. 04, 2025
WILLEM BASTIAAN THOLEN (1860-1931): ANIMATED CITYSCAPE, WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER
Est: €100 - €200
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931): Animated cityscape, watercolour on paper Work: 45 x 38 cm Frame: 69 x 62 cm
Coronari Auctions
Sep. 16, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €600 - €800
Three-master at sea, signed and dated '13 Tholen' (lower left) , oil on canvas, 35x47 cm (45x58 cm incl. frame) , Provenance:-Acquired from Lita de Ranitz (1876-1960), wife of the artist, by the father of the present owner,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Sep. 16, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Mother walking with her children in the forest, signed 'Tholen' (lower right), oil on canvas, 41x61 cm (64x84 cm incl. frame), Provenance:-Acquired from Lita de Ranitz (1876-1960), wife of the artist, by the father of the present owner,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Jul. 05, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931). Kerk in aanboud. (Kirche im Bau). Signiert,
Est: -
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931). Kerk in aanboud. (Kirche im Bau). Signiert, Radierung, 17,5 x 21 cm (mit Rahmen 30 x 36 cm) / Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931). Kerk in aanboud. (Church under construction). Signed, etching, 17.5 x 21 cm (with frame 30 x 36 cm)
Auktionshaus Mars
Jun. 30, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Botter op kalme…
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Botter op kalme zee, 1926, gesigneerd l.o., marouflé, 36 x 49,4 cmHerkomst: Veiling Christie's Amsterdam, 26 apr. 2005, lot 200
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
May. 22, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mother walking with her children in the forest, signed 'Tholen' (lower right), oil on canvas, 41x61 cm, Provenance:-Acquired from Lita de Ranitz (1876-1960), wife of the artist, by the father of the present owner,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
May. 06, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Studietekening vrouw en kinderen, gesign…
Est: €300 - €400
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Studietekening vrouw en kinderen, gesigneerd l.o., krijt op papier, 27 x 35,5 cm
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Mar. 12, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €700 - €1,000
View of the Kaag, signed and dated 'Tholen '12' (lower left), oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 24x33,5 cm (39,5x48,5 cm incl. frame), Provenance:-With Kunsthandel G.J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, The Hague (label attached to the reverse),
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Mar. 12, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Hollow in the dunes , signed and dated 'Tholen 81' (lower right), oil on panel, 26x36,5 cm (50x60,5cm incl. frame), Provenance:-Private collection, the Netherlands. -Auction, AAG, Amsterdam, 18 December 2017, lot 484,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Mar. 12, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Dunescape, signed 'Tholen.' (lower left), oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 31,5x41 cm (47x55,5 cm incl. frame), Provenance:-With Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, inv. no. 10016 (label attached to the frame). -With Kunsthandel G.J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, The Hague, inv. no. 6416 (label attached to the reverse),
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Mar. 12, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €700 - €1,000
Fishing boats in the harbour, probably Enkhuizen, signed 'Tholen' (lower left), oil on canvas, mounted om panel, 26,5x36,5 cm (39x48,5 cm incl. frame),
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Mar. 12, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Polder ditch, signed 'Tholen' (lower left), oil on panel, unframed, 36,5x22,5 cm,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Feb. 25, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Duinlandschap, …
Est: €200 - €400
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Duinlandschap, niet gesigneerd, houtskooltekening, 18,5 x 28,5 cm-Prov.: Afkomstig uit het schetsboek van de kunstenaar 'Oude Wetering en Terschelling'; coll. Josien Wouters; Veling Venduehuis der Notarissen, Den Haag 1970; Coll. R. Smit; daarna bij Drs. Marius Sterrenburg Kunsthandel-
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Feb. 25, 2025
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Bij de turflood…
Est: €300 - €400
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Bij de turfloods, gesigneerd l.o., krijt en aquarel op papier, 23 x 31 cm
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 10, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Vader en dochte…
Est: €200 - €300
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Vader en dochter, gesigneerd met initalen l.o., houtskool en krijt op papier, 34,5 x 27 cm
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 10, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) 'Buurtje bij Gi…
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) 'Buurtje bij Giethoorn', gesigneerd en gedateerd r.o., '82, marouflé, 40,5 x 28,7 cmProvenance:Frans Buffa & Zonen, Amsterdam, met etiketten op verso
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 03, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931). Dyke houses.
Est: €500 - €700
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931) Dyke houses oil on canvas laid down on board signed 'Tholen' (lower right) image size 20 x 32 cm., frame size 24.5 x 37 cm.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Dec. 03, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931). A view of a Volendam canal.
Est: €600 - €800
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931) A view of a Volendam canal chalk on three conjoined sheets of paper signed 'Tholen' (lower right) 37 x 53 cm.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Dec. 03, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931). Family on a walk.
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931) Family on a walk oil on panel signed 'Tholen' (lower left) image size 29 x 45.5 cm., frame size 46 x 62.5 cm.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Dec. 02, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931). At the post office, 1892.
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch 1860 - 1931) At the post office, 1892 oil on canvas laid down on panel signed and dated 'Tholen 92' (lower right) image size 45 x 42 cm., frame size 63 x 61 cm.
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Nov. 21, 2024
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (Sailing vessel).
Est: €60 - €80
Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (1860-1931). (Sailing vessel). Etching, 24x19,5 cm., signed "Tholen" in pencil and in the plate, laid down on mount along lower margin. - Trifle yellowed. = Possibly Knuttel 64, "Schepen en water" (same dimensions and subject).
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 14, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
The Drommedaris of Enkhuizen, signed 'Tholen' (lower left), oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 43x29,5 cm,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 14, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
A family breakfast, signed and dated 'Tholen 88' (lower right), oil on panel, 27,5 x 36 cm, Provenance:-Collection Bertus and Bertha Meijer, Wassenaar (label attached to the reverse), thence by descent to the present owners, The Tholen couple and the Arntzenius family were frequent guests from the mid-1880s to the end of the 1890s at the country house Ewijckshoeve, rented by the father of Cobi and Willem Witsen in 1881, situated in the woods near Hollandse Rading. It has been suggested that this painting probably depicts Mrs. Arntzenius with two of her children, partly due to the dating.
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 14, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Harbour of Veere, signed and dated 'Tholen 08' (lower left), oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 29,5x51,5 cm, Provenance:-With Kunsthandel G.J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, The Hague (label attached to the reverse). ,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 12, 2024
Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931)
Est: €30,000 - €40,000
Winter in old Scheveningen , signed 'WB. Tholen' (lower right), oil on canvas, 100x160,5 cm, Literature:-‘Bij de afbeeldingen naar W.B. Tholen’, in ‘Elsevier’s Geïllustreerd Maandschrift', 3, vol. VI, 1893, p. 245.-H. de Boer, ‘W.B. Tholen’, in ‘Op de hoogte’, Vol. 22, 1925, ill. pp. 250-254.-R.S. Bakels, ‘W.B. Tholen,150 reproducties naar werken van zijn hand, den kunstenaar op zijn 70sten verjaardag aangeboden', The Hague 1930, ill. no. 11, as: 'Scheveningen in den winter' and dated 1891.-Pieter A. Scheen, ‘Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950’, The Hague 1970, ill. no. 353.Provenance:-(Possibly) with Kunsthandel D. Sala & Zonen, The Hague. -With Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, The Hague.-With E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1999.-Collection Mr. B. Meijer, Wassenaar (label attached to the reverse), thence by descent to the present owners, Painted circa 1891.Please compare to another painting of Scheveningen by the artist depicting Bomschuiten on the beach of Scheveningen, in the collection of the Groninger Museum (on loan from the J.B. Scholten foundation) and depicted in the exhibition catalogue: Marieke Jooren a.o, ‘Willem Bastiaan Tholen 1860-1931, Een gelukkige natuur', Paris/ Bussum/Dordrecht 2019, pp. 19 and 241, ill. no. 16, cat. no. 19.
Venduehuis der Notarissen