Dirk van der Aa

Playing putti on clouds, 1773

Dirk van der Aa (also: Theodorus van der Ha (baptismal name); * March 1, 1731 (date of baptism) in The Hague ; † February 23, 1809 ibid) was a Dutch painter who is best known for his allegories .

Life

Dirk van der Aa made several study trips to Paris before he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1755 and a student of Johann Heinrich Keller in The Hague. He later studied with the otherwise little-known coach painter Gerrit Mes , with whom he also shared a studio . There both worked mainly on decorative paintings for room furnishings, panels and carriages. Until his death, Van der Aa was a member of the Renswoude Foundation, where an auction of his artistic legacy took place on July 25, 1809.

Van der Aa painted allegories with cupids in a skilful composition and safe drawing. a. contemporary French painters followed. On the occasion of Wilhelm V's entry into The Hague, Van der Aa designed the gate of honor in 1768, which is now in the Kupferstichkabinett in Amsterdam . In the house of Baron van Heeckeren van Kell (Lange Voorhout 32 in The Hague), he painted a room with wallpaper with Arcadian landscapes .

Van der Aa's students included Evert Morel , Cornelis Kuipers , Louis Moritz and his nephew Jacob van der Aa .

His works are valued at up to $ 100,000 on the art market today.

literature

Ernst Wilhelm Moes: Aa, Dirk van der . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 1 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Aa, Dirk van der . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 1.

Web links

Commons : Dirk van der Aa - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the database of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
Dirk van der Aa in Google Arts & Culture

Individual evidence

↑ Christina JA Wansink: Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia . In: Sheila D. Muller (Ed.): Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York / London 2011, ISBN 978-1-135-49574-9 .
↑ Christie's New York, May 23, 1997, no.31.

personal data
SURNAME	Aa, Dirk van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized March 1, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH	The hague
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1809
Place of death	The hague

[1] Christina JA Wansink: Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia . In: Sheila D. Muller (Ed.): Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia . Routledge, New York / London 2011, ISBN 978-1-135-49574-9 .

[2] Christie's New York, May 23, 1997, no.31.