Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
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Jkhr. Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːkɔp ˈeːdyɑrt fɑn ˈɦeːmskɛrk fɑm ˈbeːst];[a] 28 February 1828 – 24 December 1894) was a Dutch painter.
Biography[]
Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest was born on 28 February 1828 in Kampen in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.[1]
He was originally a marine officer until 1853, whereupon he moved to Utrecht and became a painter specialized in marines.[1] He later moved to The Hague where he became a member of Hague society "De Witte" in 1872.[1] He was the first teacher of his daughter, the painter Jacoba van Heemskerck.
Van Heemskerck van Beest died, at the age of 66, in The Hague on 24 December 1894.[1]
Gallery[]
ZM Steamship Medusa forces the entrance to the Strait of Simonoseki between Kioe-Sjioe and Hondo (Japan)
A plantation camp of slaves in Surinam, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
An Arowakka Indian camp, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
Views of plantations on the river Surinam. Jagtlust and Suzanna's Daal, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
Post Gelderland and Jews Savannah, Suriname, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
Notes[]
- ^ In isolation, van is pronounced [vɑn].
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest in the RKD
External links[]
Media related to Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest at Wikimedia Commons
- 1828 births
- 1894 deaths
- 19th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- Dutch marine artists
- People from Kampen, Overijssel
- Dutch painter stubs