Jacob Maris

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Jacob Hendricus Maris (born August 25, 1837 in The Hague ; † August 7, 1899 in Karlsbad ) was a Dutch impressionist painter of the Hague School . He was also an etcher and lithographer .

Family and life

Jacob was the eldest of three brothers, the other siblings were Matthijs Maris and Willem Maris . They also had an older sister, Henriette. Grandfather Wenzel Maresch came from Prague, married Metge Smit from Amsterdam at the beginning of the 19th century and settled with her in The Hague . In 1809 his son Mattheus was born and registered under the family name Marris . The family later called themselves Maris . Mattheus married Hendrika Bloemert, and since he was a master printer, the children came into contact with art prints by the old masters at an early age, which they admired and tried to imitate. So her talent was discovered early. Jacob was the most successful of the three brothers, although Matthijs is considered the most gifted.

Jacob first attended the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in The Hague, where he was taught by JAB Stroebel . From 1855 he attended the Antwerpsche schilderschool (today: Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten te Antwerpen ), where he was a student of Nicaise de Keyser and then apprenticed with Hubert Van Hove .

Maris painted in the style and tradition of the 17th century artists he admired . Initially, he mainly devoted himself to the representation of figures, but after 1872 began painting landscapes in the typical colors of the Hague School founded by Jozef Israëls around 1870 in The Hague , which he joined with his brothers. The Hague School is particularly characterized by works that have similarities to the Barbizon School . Maris developed his typical coloring there , which is characterized by foggy gray and brown colors. He had a great influence on his contemporaries among the Dutch painters. He settled in the Hague artists' colony Landgut Oosterbeek (which is considered the Dutch Barbizon ), where he worked with Anton Mauve , Gerard and Johannes Bilders . Apart from a trip to the Rhine with his brother Matthijs and a stay in Paris from 1865 to 1871, Jacob Maris worked in The Hague.

Maris died unexpectedly at the age of 61 during a cure in Karlovy Vary.

Museum reception

The most extensive collections of Jacob Maris' work can be found in the following museums:

More of his works can be found in the following museums:

literature

  • Anna Wagner: The Hague School. Dutch painter a hundred years ago. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn 1972. ISBN 3792701421 .
  • Marjan van Heteren: Jacob Maris (1837-1899): Ik denk in mijn materie . Waanders Uitgevers 2003. ISBN 9040088594 . (Dutch)

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personal data
SURNAME Maris, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maris, Jacob Hendricus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1899
Place of death Carlsbad