Dutch Painters from Dordrecht, Albaert Cuyp, Abraham Bloemaert, Ferdinand Bol, Benjamin Gerritz Cuyp, Aert de Gelder, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Nicolaes Maes, Ary Scheffer

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Dutch Painters part 4

Famous Dutch Painters from Dordrecht

part 4

ARY SCHEFFER Dutch painter (b. 1795 Dordrecht, d. 1851, Argenteuil (near Paris)

After receiving his earliest artistic education in his native town Dordrecht Holland, he moved in 1811 with his family to Paris where he possibly attended the studio of Prud'hon before joining that of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774-1833). At first his paintings were Neo-classical in style and subject, but in the 1820s he established himself as a painter of medieval history and genre scenes. He also painted portraits, notably of the leaders of the liberal opposition to Bourbon rule, towards whose cause he was sympathetic. During the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe he received important commissions for royal portraits and history pieces for Versailles. Until the end of his career he also enjoyed success with sentimental religious and literary scenes which were frequently the subject of popular engravings. His daughter bequeathed many of his works to the city of Dordrecht where they can now be seen in the Dordrechts Museum.

He was a supporter of Greek independence, an enthusiast for English and German literature and a friend of Gautier, and therefore could be seen as representing the acceptable face of Romanticism.

He was a friend of Chopin, Gounod, List and Rossini.

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Ary Scheffer Self portrait

Ary Scheffer 1795-1858

He was born in Dordrecht, to a German father and Dutch mother. After his father's death the family moved to Paris in 1809, where he trained with Prud'hon (1810) and at the École des Beaux-Arts under Guérin (1811). He exhibited at the Salon from 1812. His early work was Neoclassical in style (e.g. Hannibal Swearing to Avenge his Son's Death, 1810, Dordrecht) but by 1814 he had introduced colour and drama into his work (e.g. Orpheus and Eurydice , 1814, Blois). He was highly popular in Paris during the 1830s for his sentimental merging of a highly finished technique and Romantic subject-matter. He worked in a range of genres from portraiture to exotic and literary themes (e.g. Leonora, 1828, Lille). He was a supporter of Greek independence, an enthusiast for English and German literature and a friend of Gautier, and therefore could be seen as representing the acceptable face of Romanticism.

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The Souliot Women 1827 Oil on canvas
97.64 x 139.37 inches / 248 x 354 cm

Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

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Margaret at the Fountain,1852 Oil on canvas

The Wallace collection London

After receiving his earliest artistic education in his native Holland, he moved in 1811 with his family to Paris where he possibly attended the studio of Prud'hon before joining that of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774-1833). At first his paintings were Neo-classical in style and subject, but in the 1820s he established himself as a painter of medieval history and genre scenes. He also painted portraits, notably of the leaders of the liberal opposition to Bourbon rule, towards whose cause he was sympathetic. During the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe he received important commissions for royal portraits and history pieces for Versailles. Until the end of his career he also enjoyed success with sentimental religious and literary scenes which were frequently the subject of popular engravings. His daughter bequeathed many of his works to the city of Dordrecht where they can now be seen in the Dordrechts Museum.

Mignon desires her fatherland 1836

Oil on canvas 171 x 87 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Portrait of a young woman 1824

Oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Marie princess of Orléans 1837

Oil on Canvas 118,3 x 73,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Count Eberhard von Würtemberg cuts the table-linen in two parts 1848

paper, pencil and paintbrush in brown 27,5 x 36,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Love from Heaven and Earth 1850

Oil on canvas 175 x 104 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Greek Women Imploring the Virgin for Assistance 1826

Oil on canvas: 25 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches. 65 x 55 cm.

Dante and Virgil EnCountering the Shades of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo in the Underworld 1851

Oil on canvas: 68 x 94 inches (172.7 x 238.8 cm.)

Cleveland Museum of Art Ohio

Faust and Marguerite in the Garden 1846

vas: 85 3/4 x 53 inches (217.8 x 134.6 cm.)

Christus Consolator, 1837

Oil on Canvas, 184 x 248 cm

Historisch Museum, Amsterdam

FREDERIC CHOPIN 1810-1849

Versailles ; musée national du château et des Trianons

Another painting of Ary Scheffer

This statue is dedicated to the Dordtsche painter, Ary Scheffer (1795-1851) and is situated on the Scheffers-squar

More info at : Artcyclopedia

Anton Pieter Schotel 1890-1958 (Dordrecht 05-09-1890 - Laren 24-09-1958)

Bomkade Dordrecht 1920

panel 29,4 x 40 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Johannes Christiaan Schotel 1787-1838 (Dordrecht 11-11-1787 - Dordrecht 21-12-1838)

Shipwreck of the Dephine at Zandvoort 1822

Oil on canvas 78 x 105 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Fail strand of the Delphine at Zandvoort 1822

Oil on canvas 78,5 x 105,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Aert Schouman 1710-1792 (Dordrecht 04-03-1710 - Den Haag 05-07-1792)

Pheasants and other birds in a rare landscape

Oil on canvas 287 x 123 cm

Dordrechts Museum

View at Dordrecht like Aelbert Cuyp c. 1647, 1759

paper, pencil and paintbrush in color 15,5 x 29,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

A peacock and ducks, hunted by a dog in a park-like landscape 1766

Oil on canvas 287 x 123 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Juno ask Argus to guard Io 1738

marouflé, 89,5 x 85,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Abraham van Strij 1753-1826 (Dordrecht 1753 - Dordrecht 1826)

The beggars

paper, pencil in brown, paintbrush in color 43,3 x 36,7 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Woman and drinking soldier

panel, 69 x 60,3 cm

Dordrechts Museum

The drawing lesson

paneel, 69 x 60,3 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Reading woman near a window

Oil on panel 70,5 x 58,4 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Jacob van Strij 1756-1815 (Dordrecht 1756 - Dordrecht 1815)

Landscape with travelers c. 1790

Canvas wallpaper 230 x 186 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Landscape with river near Dordrecht

paneel, 70,5 x 95 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Winterlandscape at the Devel

paneel, 68,8 x 90,7 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Landscape with horseman and milk-girl

paper, pencil and paintbrush in grey en black 53,3 x 64 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Series of seven Canvas wallpapers ca. 1790

Dordrechts Museum

Series of seven Canvas wallpapers ca. 1790

Dordrechts Museum

Series of seven Canvas wallpapers ca. 1790

Dordrechts Museum

Landcape near Dordrecht

Oil on panel 69,4 x 87,5 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Jan Veth 1864-1925 (Dordrecht 18-05-1864 - Amsterdam 01-07-1925)

Portrait of Heintje 1891

paper, red-brown and en black chalk

Dordrechts Museum

Portrait van Max Liebermann 1904

Oil on canvas 67,8 x 53,4 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Portrait of Jacobus van Looy

paper, black and red chalk, paintbrush in black, 38 x 31 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Portrait of Lambertus Zijl

Oil on canvas 42 x 33 cm

Dordrechts Museum

Information about the Dordrechts Museum you can find on my page Dordrecht events or the website of the Museum

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RIJN Dutch painter (b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)

"THE NIGHT WATCH"

(Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

if you like more information about Rembrandt go to : Gallery.euroweb

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (b. 1853, Zundert, d. 1891, Utrecht)

A self-portrait

Vincent van Gogh lived also in Dordrecht for a few years.

if you like more informations about Vincent van Gogh go to : Van Gogh gallery