Jan Evert Grave
Jan Evert Grave (born January 28, 1759 in Amsterdam ; † December 10, 1805 there ) was a Dutch landscape draftsman and aquatint engraver.
Grave received his drawing lessons from the landscape painter Jacob Cats . He also trained with the engraver Jan Punt . He belonged to the Felix Meritis painting society . I.a. he created a series of eight sheets of Dutch landscapes with accessories using the aquatint technique. He also gave two picturesque views of Haarlem and Muiderberg. The artist's most outstanding work is the series Een Steel van twee Kunstplaten, zynde gezichten in het Geyn, geteekend en graveerd by Jan Evert Grave (Amsterdam 1794).
literature
- Philipp H. Külb : Grave (Jan Evert). In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 1. Section, Volume 88, 1868, p. 261.
- Alfred von Wurzbach : Grave, Jan Evert . In: Dutch artist lexicon edited on the basis of archival research . tape 1 : A-K . Halm and Goldmann, Vienna / Leipzig 1906, p. 613 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Grave, Jan Evert . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 548 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). .
Web links
Commons : Jan Evert Grave - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Evert Grave . In: Andreas Andresen (Hrsg.): Handbook for copper engraving collectors, or, Lexicon of copper engravers, painter's etchers and… volume 1 . TO Weigel, Leipzig 1870, p. 607 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grave, Jan Evert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch landscape draftsman and aquatint engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1805 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |