Jan Braet from Überfeldt

Jan Braet von Überfeldt , also in the spellings Ueberfeldt and Uberfeldt (born March 28, 1807 in Zevender near Schoonhoven , Kingdom of Holland ; † March 28, 1894 in Doetinchem , Achterhoek , province of Gelderland ), was a Dutch portrait and genre painter , lithographer and Draftsman .

Life

Portrait of the steam engine builder Paul van Vlissingen (1797–1876) , Werkspoor Museum, Amsterdam

Braet was the only son of Adam Rudolph Carl von Überfeldt (1778–1832), a captain of the Dutch infantry , and his wife Maria de Moor Braet (1778–1852), the youngest daughter of the bailiff Jan Braet (1722–1802) from Schoonhoven, Province of Zuid-Holland . He first studied medicine . Because of a mental illness, he turned to painting . He received artistic training from the Amsterdam history and portrait painter Jan Adam Kruseman (1804–1862). In 1836 he made his debut at an exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1842 he went on a study trip to Germany. He also visited Belgium. Überfeldt was friends with the genre painter Valentin Bing , with whom he published books, each of which was illustrated with numerous lithographs: in 1857 and 1859 two works on Dutch folklore and costumes , in 1863 and 1866 instructions on how to draw from nature in elementary schools. Überfeldt had several students. Around 1889 he was the teacher of the painter Piet Mondrian .

literature

Uberfeldt (Jan Braet von) . In: Johannes Immerzeel: De levens en works of Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters van het begin the vijftiende eeuw dead . JC van Kesteren, Amsterdam 1843, volume 3, p. 148 ( Google Books ).
Uberfeldt, Jan Braet from . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 521 .
Uberfeldt, Jan Braet from . Pieter A. Scheen : Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750-1880 . The Hague 1981, p. 530.

Web links

Commons : Jan Braet from Uberfeldt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Jan Braet from Uberfeldt , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )

Individual evidence

↑ Jan Braet van Überfeldt: Maria de Moor Braet . In: P. Leendertz: De Navorscher . Volume 24, Volume 7 (new series), JC Loman, Amsterdam 1874, p. 498 ( Google Books )
↑ Nederlandsche kleederdragten naar de natuur getekend
↑ Handleiding dead het Teekenen naar de Natuur en de beginselen der Doorzigtkunde. Voornamelijk ingerigt ten services of the Volksschole
↑ Jan Stap: Piet Mondriaan, mentor Jan Braet von Überfeldt, Herman Eduard Knaake en zijn neef Vincent van Gogh . In: Jaarboek Achterhoek en Liemers , 2011, pp. 131–144

personal data
SURNAME	Überfeldt, Jan Braet from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ueberfeldt, Jan Braet from; Uberfeldt, Jan Braet from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch portrait and genre painter, lithographer and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	March 28, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zevender near Schoonhoven , Kingdom of Holland
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1894
Place of death	Doetinchem , Achterhoek , Gelderland Province

[1] Jan Braet van Überfeldt: Maria de Moor Braet . In: P. Leendertz: De Navorscher . Volume 24, Volume 7 (new series), JC Loman, Amsterdam 1874, p. 498 ( Google Books )

[2] Nederlandsche kleederdragten naar de natuur getekend

[3] Handleiding dead het Teekenen naar de Natuur en de beginselen der Doorzigtkunde. Voornamelijk ingerigt ten services of the Volksschole

[4] Jan Stap: Piet Mondriaan, mentor Jan Braet von Überfeldt, Herman Eduard Knaake en zijn neef Vincent van Gogh . In: Jaarboek Achterhoek en Liemers , 2011, pp. 131–144