Geo Poggenbeek
George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek (Geo Poggenbeek, born July 20, 1853 in Amsterdam , † January 4, 1903 there ) was a Dutch painter and etcher.
Poggenbeek worked in the office as a young man, but at the age of 19, influenced by his friendship with the painter Theo Hanrath (1853–1883), decided to paint. Together with Hanrath he studied with Johannes Hendrik Veldhuijzen (1831–1910) and at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.
In the early 1870s, Poggenbeek became friends with Marinus Heijl (1835–1931) and Nicolaas Bastert , with whom he often painted in Gelderland and Drenthe . At the end of the 1870s, he toured Switzerland , Italy and France with Bastert for a long time . They stayed in Normandy and Brittany for a long time .
Between 1880 and 1882, Poggenbeek and Bastert lived and worked in Amsterdam in the Poggenbeek studio near the Oosterpark. In 1882 Bastert moved into his own studio in The Hague . In the following seven years, however, they often traveled together to a house in Breukelen to paint the Dutch landscapes.
Poggenbeek was influenced by the Hague School . He was also influenced by Anton Mauve , with whom he spent three months at his home in Laren in 1886 . He was a member of " Arti et Amicitiae " in Amsterdam, from 1889 to 1890 its chairman. In February 1904 he received the "Arti et Amicitiae" medal.
In 1893, 1895 and 1897 he went on study trips to France again.
Poggenbeek was also known as a good eraser. He was the teacher of Johan Frederik Cornelis Scherrewitz (1858–1951) and Hendrik van Bloem (1874–1960). He won medals at exhibitions in Paris (1894), Chicago (1895) and Berlin (1895).
Poggenbeek died in 1903 at the age of 49. His works are u. a. in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Kunstmuseum The Hague as well as in numerous collections of institutions and individuals at home and abroad.
literature
- Poggenbeek, Geo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933.
- George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek in: Biografisch portaal van Nederland (digitized version )
- Pieter A. Scheen : Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750–1950 , biography (digitized)
Web links
- Geo Poggenbeek. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poggenbeek, Geo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poggenbeek, George Jan Hendrik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1903 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |