Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen

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The artist painting a cow , 1850 ( Rijksmuseum Amsterdam )
Landscape near Arnhem , 1818 ( Rijksmuseum Amsterdam )
Winter landscape , around 1820

Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (born January 2, 1795 in The Hague ; † December 12, 1860 there ) was a Dutch landscape and animal painter of the Romantic period . Many of his students, including his son Julius van de Sande Bakhuyzen , were instrumental in founding the Hague School .

Life

He was born Hendrikus Bakhuyzen in The Hague in 1795 ; his father Gerrit Bakhuysen (1758–1843) was a famous publisher . In 1819 he got permission to add the surname of his late mother, Jacoba van de Sande (1757-1815) to his own. He married Sophia Wilhelmine Kiehl (1804–1881), with whom he had four children. The family lived mainly in The Hague. He died in his hometown on December 12, 1860.

children

plant

Van de Sande Bakhuyzen first learned to draw and paint from Jan Willem Pieneman . He then studied with Simon Andreas Krausz at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten .

He was very successful from a young age. In 1821 he received a Medal of Honor from the Royal Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in an exhibition in Brussels , followed in 1822 by a Medal for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Antwerp . In the same year he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam . He was later elected director of the Hague Academy .

In 1834 he traveled to Germany for the first time to capture new motifs. In 1841 he traveled to Germany again, this time with his pupil at the time, Willem Roelofs , who later also became very famous.

As a teacher he was very active and took on students until shortly before his death. Some of his late students continued studying with his son Julius in the same studio after his death .

style

He is known for his detailed landscapes of livestock, influenced by Paulus Potter , who painted similar scenes in the Golden Age . He painted these scenes not only because he liked them very much, but also out of commercial interest .

For van de Sande Bakhuyzen, the drawing and the detailed sketching of the landscapes and animals was extremely important. His students were only allowed to pick up a brush when they had mastered it. He mostly painted summer landscapes, but also a small number of winter scenes. His painting style is very similar to that of Andreas Schelfhout (1787–1870), who was a good friend of his and who also painted with him.

Museums

His works can be found in the following museums , among others .

student

Willem Roelofs: Polder Landscape with Windmill , 1870 ( Gemeentemuseum Den Haag )

literature

  • Leeuw, Ronald de; Sillervis, John and Dumas, Charles (1983): The Hague School: Dutch Masters of the 19th Century , Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ISBN 978-0-297-78219-3 .
  • Marius, G. Hermine (1908): Dutch painting of the 19th century , ISBN 978-1-4179-6449-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sande Bakhuyzen, Hendrik van de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bakhuyzen, Hendrikus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch landscape painter and romantic animal painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1860
Place of death The hague