Louis Meijer
Louis Meijer | |
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 Self-portrait, 1838 | |
| Born | Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer 9 March 1809 |
| Died | 31 March 1866 (aged 57) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Painting |
Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer (9 March 1809 – 31 March 1866) was a Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, and draftsman.[1] He painted in the Romantic tradition and is best known for his seascapes.
Meijer was born in Amsterdam in the Kingdom of Holland, present-day Netherlands.[1] He studied under and Jan Willem Pieneman, and lived in Deventer, from 1841 in Paris and then in The Hague.[2] Matthijs Maris was a pupil of Meijer's,[3] beginning in 1854.[4] Meijer died at the age of 57, in Utrecht in the Netherlands.[1]
Gallery[]
On the coast
Arrival in France of Bonaparte on the return from Egypt on 9 October 1799
Storm in the Strait of Dover
Baron Hendrik Merkus de Kock's fleet conquering Palembang, Sumatra, on 24 June 1821
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Louis Meijer", RKD, 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ Gerarda Hermina Marius, tr. A. Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch Art in the Nineteenth Century,Philadelphia: Lippincott / London: Alexander Moring, 1909, OCLC 29080462, pp. 61–62.
- ^ Geraldine Norman, Nineteenth-century Painters and Painting: A Dictionary, London: Thames & Hudson / Berkeley: University of California, 1977, ISBN 9780520033283, p. 142.
- ^ Ruth K. Meyer, The Taft Museum: Its History and Collections, Volume 1 New York: Hudson Hills, 1995, ISBN 9781555950569, p. 282.
External links[]
Media related to Louis Meijer at Wikimedia Commons- Louis Meijer at Artnet
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