Jan van Ravenswaay
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Born | 1789 |
Died | Hilversum |
Nationality | Netherlands |
Jan van Ravenswaay (28 November 1789, Hilversum - 2 March 1869, Hilversum) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. He was born in the town of Hilversum
Biography[]
Ravenswaay was the son of a cotton mill owner in Hilversum. He studied drawing with Jordanus Hoorn in Amstersfoort, before following lessons from Pieter Gerardus van Os.[1] He traveled in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam.[1] He won an honorable mention for a landscape in a competition at Felix Meritis in 1818.[1] In 1832, Jan became a member of the artist society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam.[1]
Noteworthy among his pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels and Remigius Adrianus Haanen.[1][nb 1] His niece Adriana van Ravenswaay also became a painter.
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Notes[]
- ^ His pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels, Andreas Danekes, Pierre Louis Dubourcq, Remigius Adrianus Haanen, Reinier van Harderwijk, Frederik Marinus Kruseman, Pieter Plas, his nephew , Johannes Rentinck, James de Rijk, Albertus Steenbergen, and Albertus Verhoesen
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Jan van Ravenswaay. Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD). Retrieved 19 May 2012.
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- 1789 births
- 1869 deaths
- 19th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- People from Hilversum