Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger

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Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, around 1870

Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger (born December 8, 1836 in Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands , † May 1909 in London , United Kingdom ) was a Dutch landscape painter , marine painter and art dealer .

In the literature he is also referred to as Hermanus Koekkoek II because of the same name as his father . Like his father, he occasionally used the pseudonym Jan van Couver , but also signed his pictures with Louis vanstaat . During his time in London he signed some with J. Couver , but also worked there under the stage name Louis States .

Life

Hermanus Koekkoek came from the Dutch artist family Koekkoek. He was the eldest son of the marine painter Hermanus Koekkoek the elder and grandson of the painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek . His brothers were Willem Koekkoek , Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek and Hendrik Barend Koekkoek . He married on August 20, 1863; his son was Stephen Robert Koekkoek (1887–1934). His father followed the family tradition and taught his sons to paint.

Koekkoek painted first in Amsterdam from 1851, then from 1859 to 1860 in Nieuwer-Amstel (today Amstelveen ), from 1863 in London and later again in Amsterdam. In 1869 he moved back to London, where he worked as an artist until his death. Here he worked with Lion Schulman and Gelderman and was also an art dealer in his gallery. He died in London in May 1909 and was buried in The Hague on June 4, 1909 .

He was a member of the Amsterdam Art Gezelschap MAB

Works (selection)

Like his father and brothers, Koekkoek is known for landscapes, marine and cityscapes.

  • The Old Creek, Noorden, Holland. In: Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
  • Windmills. In: Glasgow Museums Resource Center
  • Flushing, Holland. In: Museums Sheffield

  • Dutch cityscape , before 1909

  • Fishing boat

  • Eikendam , signed "J van Couver"

  • De ondergang van Schokland , approx. 1860. Exhibited in the Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen .

  • Harbor view , signed 'J. van Couver "

literature

  • Pieter A. Scheen : Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750–1950. Gravenhage 1981, p. 277.
  • A checklist of painters from 1200-1976 represented in the Witt Library. Courtauld Institute of Art, Mansell, London 1978. ISBN 0-7201-0718-0 .
  • Old masters and 19th century art. Christie's, Amsterdam 2012. With family tree on p. 122.
  • W. Loos: Nicolaas van der Waay (1855-1936) en het Amsterdamse genootschap MAB De Negentiende Eeuw 13, 1989. pp. 124-149.

Web links

Commons : Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerrit van Hezel: Het schildersgeslacht Koekkoek en de Zuiderzee (1800-1956). In: Schokland Museum, March 11, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c Hermanus Koekkoek the younger, 1836–1909. In: Art UK
personal data
SURNAME Koekkoek, Hermanus the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Couver, Jan van; States, Louis van; Couver, J .; States, Louis (all stage names). Koekkoek, Hermanus II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch landscape painter, marine painter and art dealer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH May 1909
Place of death London , UK