David Bles
David Bles (1821, The Hague – 1899, The Hague), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography[]
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, at the age of thirteen Bles was talented enough to be accepted at the Hague Academy.[1] He attended classes from 1834 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1841. He became a pupil of the painter Cornelis Kruseman and his nephew Jan Adam Kruseman.[1] Bles then travelled to France to study with Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in Paris.[1] He remained in Paris until 1843 after which he settled in The Hague, though he was a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam between 1845 and 1899.[1] He painted scenes from the history of Dutch painting and is best known for portraits and genre paintings.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e David Bles in the RKD
- David Bles on Artnet
Categories:
- 1821 births
- 1899 deaths
- 19th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- Artists from The Hague
- 19th-century male artists