Hendrik Otto van Thol
Hendrik Otto van Thol (born December 28, 1859 in The Hague , Netherlands ; † July 11, 1902 there ) was a Dutch painter and draftsman.
Live and work
Van Thol was a son of Hendrik Adrianus van Thol (1834-1920), who ran a liquor store, and Catharina Hendrika van Soldt (1834-1921).
Van Thol was trained at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. He painted still lifes, city landscapes , animal scenes and was best known for his winter landscapes . Van Thol and the painter Aletta Ruijsch (1860–1930) received a sponsorship award from the Queen in 1892. He supported Louis Apol in his panorama of Novaya Zemlya , which was shown in Amsterdam between 1896 and 1901 . Van Thol married Ruijsch in 1899. He stayed regularly in the Veluwe during the summer and moved to Nunspeet with his wife . Every Thursday he went to The Hague to teach. Well-known students were Pieter ten Cate, Henriëtte Dingemans-Numans and Willem Justus Ising.
Van Thol died in The Hague as a result of a bicycle accident and was buried in the Oud Eik en Duinen cemetery. He was a member of the Pulchri Studio . At the end of 1902, the association held an exhibition with works by him and the painter Taco Mesdag, who also died that year .
Web links
- Hendrik Otto van Thol. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ^ Art en Letteren . In: De Tijd: godsdienstig-Staatkundig dagblad . Dag edition. 's-Hertogenbosch February 29, 1892 (Dutch, resolver.kb.nl [accessed August 11, 2019]).
- ↑ Hendrik Otto van Thol . In: Het nieuws van den dag: small courant . Dag edition. Amsterdam July 9, 1902 (Dutch, resolver.kb.nl [accessed August 11, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thol, Hendrik Otto van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Hague , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1902 |
| Place of death | The Hague , Netherlands |