Jacob Abels

Wide river landscape with a sailing boat

Jacobus Theodorus Abels (born September 1, 1803 in Amsterdam , † June 18, 1866 in Abcoude ) was a Dutch landscape painter .

life and work

Abels was a student of Jan van Ravenswaay . In 1826 he went on a study trip to Germany and then settled in Hilversum. He married the daughter of the painter Pieter Gerardus van Os . He lived and worked in Baarn in 1828 , in The Hague from 1830 to 1848 , in Haarlem until 1857 , in Arnhem until around 1865 , then in the Oosterbeek artists' colony in the municipality of Renkum .

In his early days he painted summer landscapes, later river and city views by moonlight, in the style of Aert van der Neer . In addition to the oil paintings, he created many watercolors and drawings. Pieter Gerardus and Pieter Frederik van Os, Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas and Simon van den Berg have copied his works several times. He was a member of the Amsterdam Royal Academy van Beelddende Kunsten .

literature

• Abels, Jacobus Theodorus . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 21 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Jacobus Theodorus Abels in: Biografisch portaal van Nederland (digitized version )
• Jacob Abels. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 1/1, sheets 1–30: Aagaard – Heideck. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891, p. 2 ( archive.org ).

Web links

Commons : Jacob Abels  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jacobus Theodorus Abels. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
• Pieter Scheen: Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750–1950 Biography (digitized version )