Louis Meijer
| Louis Meijer | |
|---|---|
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Self-portrait, 1838 | |
| Born |
Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer 9 March 1809 Amsterdam, Kingdom of Holland |
| Died |
31 March 1866 (aged 57) Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 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 on 9 March 1809 in Amsterdam in the Kingdom of Holland (the present-day Netherlands).[1]
He studied under Pieter Westenberg 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 on 31 March 1866, at the age of 57, in Utrecht in the Netherlands.[1]
Gallery
On the coast
Storm in the Strait of Dover_door_luitenant-generaal_Baron_de_Kock%2C_24_juni_1821%2C_Louis_Meijer%2C_1857_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg)
Baron Hendrik Merkus de Kock's fleet conquering Palembang, Sumatra, on 24 June 1821
References
- 1 2 3 "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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