Hubertus van Hove

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Hubertus van Hove (also Huib van Hove, born May 13, 1814 in The Hague , † November 14, 1865 in Antwerp ) was a Dutch genre painter, etcher and watercolorist.

Hubertus van Hove was born the son of the painter Bartholomaeus van Hove and brother of Johannes Huybertus van Hove . He was born in his father's studio a. a. trained together with his brother and Johannes Bosboom . He helped his father paint sets for the Royal Theater in The Hague. Later he also became a student of Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen .

Van Hove started out as a landscape painter, later switched to genre painting. The influence of Pieter de Hooch can be seen. Following the example of his father, he worked in a romantic style, but with a clearly realistic inclination. He preferred light colors. He also made etchings and watercolors.

As a teacher at the Hague Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten , Van Hove taught several painters from the Hague School , including Jacob Maris , Christoffel Bisschop , Hendricus Johannes Scheeres , Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel and Maurits Leon .

He later moved to Antwerp for tax reasons, where he also taught at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten .

His works can be found in the collections of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (including many graphic works), the Teylers Museum , the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , the Kröller-Müller Museum and outside the Netherlands in the British Museum .

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SURNAME Hove, Hubertus van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hove, Huib van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch genre painter, etcher and watercolorist
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1865
Place of death Antwerp