Hendrik de Meijer
Hendrik Meijer (1744–1793) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography[]
Meijer was born in Amsterdam in 1744, though Abraham Jacob van der Aa gave his date of birth as 1737. According to the RKD he was first a member of the Stadstekenacademie in Amsterdam until 1768.[1] He moved to Haarlem and started a wallpaper factory there in 1764-1769.[1] He became a director of the Stadstekenacademie in Haarlem in 1769.[1] His pupils were Cornelis Apostool, Jos van den Berg, Egbert van Drielst, Geerlig Grijpmoed, Dirk Jan van der Laan, , and Barend Hendrik Thier.[1] In 1775 he travelled to London with fellow academy director Wybrand Hendriks.[1] He died in London.
He is not to be confused with the earlier landscape painter Hendrick de Meijer of Rotterdam.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Hendrik Meijer in the RKD
- 1744 births
- 1793 deaths
- 18th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- Artists from Amsterdam