Watercolor by Otto Eerelman.

After a stay in Arnhem (for health reasons) he returned to Groningen in 1907, where he continued to live. Already during his lifetime he was praised and respected for his outstanding works, and at the age of eighty he was knighted and a street was named after him in Groningen. Upon his death, the city mourned. A local newspaper wrote: "Deez artist was one of those, whose name, though he went away from us, continues to resound, undiminished in strength." Otto Eerelman is buried in a family grave in the Zuider Cemetery in Groningen. Otto Eerelman was so renowned in Groningen that Groningers visiting the Paris Louvre asked "where the Eerelmans hung?" but his work was not much appreciated later in the 20th century. In recent years, Eerelman's paintings are again bringing in hefty prices. Well-known works[edit | edit source] Besides the various paintings Eerelman made for the royal house, such as a portrait of the minus Evertje Schouten, a painting of the eight-year-old Wilhelmina dressed in a white amazon suit and pictured with her pony "Baby" (which may be best known for the Orange depicted), a few other works have also become known to a wider public. In 1898 the art album Horse Breeds was published, in which explanatory texts by E.A.L. Quadekker were accompanied by some forty lithographs (produced by Richard Schoenbeck) of Eerelman's horse paintings. Because of Army Capt. Quadekker's thorough expertise and Eerelman's highly accurate sketches and paintings, this was a highly valued and sought-after book. As a tribute to the royal family, Queen Wilhelmina's favorite horse "Woyko" was given a prominent place at the beginning of the book. A plate work by Eerelman was translated into English by Clara Bell under the title Horses and dogs. One of his best-known paintings is The Horse Inspection on the Grote Markt on August 28, which he commissioned by the Groningen City Council. It hangs in Groningen's City Hall and depicts how Groningen at the time celebrated the annual commemoration of the Relief of the City on August 28, 1672 with festivities and a horse fair. Eerelman was a master at painting dogs. His fabric expression when painting the fur of these animals attests to his mastery.