Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (born November 14, 1829 in Alkmaar , † July 12, 1904 in Paris ) was a Dutch landscape painter , etcher and lithographer .
Life
After attending school in Haarlem, Kruseman devoted himself to art with the landscape painter Cornelis Lieste and studied nature on frequent excursions. After five years he traveled to Germany , Switzerland and Tyrol , then continued his studies in Brussels and initially settled in Amsterdam .
In 1865 he turned to New York , used the sketches he had brought with him from Holland and increased them through incessant landscape studies. From 1870 to 1873 he visited Europe again .
In 1883, Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York .
Works
His brightly colored landscapes are faithful, atmospheric replicas of nature; among the best of these from his first (Dutch) period are:
- Early morning in the woods
- Sunday morning
- Landscape in Gelderland
- The grove in the heather
- Lot from the Harz
From the later period:
- Night falls in the Shawagunk Mountains
- Mood pictures
- Tomorrow in the meadows
- Landscape on the Farmington River, Connecticut
- Dusk near Kulmbach
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "V" / Van Elten, Hendrik Dirk Kruseman NA 1883 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 18, 2015)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kruseman van Elten, Hendrik Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alkmaar |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1904 |
| Place of death | Paris |