Koekkoek (family)

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The Dutch Koekkoek family produced seventeen painters over five generations (1778–1989).

Many of the artists who came from the family dedicated themselves to romantic landscape and marine painting . Her works are shown in international museums. The BC Koekkoek house in Kleve has been a museum for the family's work since 1960.

Genealogical representation (painter only)

  1. Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778–1851), marine painter, progenitor, married to Anna van Koolwijk , their daughter was Anna Koekkoek (* 1812).
    Her four sons became painters:
    1. Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862) landscape painter, married to Elise Thérèse Daiwaille ;
      two of her five daughters became painters:
      1. Adèle Koekkoek (1838–1919), née Adelaide Alexandrine, painter of still lifes and landscapes;
      2. Maria Louise Koekkoek (1840–1910), landscape painter;
    2. Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Elder (1807–1868), landscape painter;
      his son was:
      1. Pieter Hendrik Koekkoek (1843–1890 or 1910), landscape painter;
    3. Johannes Koekkoek (1811–1831), marine and landscape painter;
    4. Hermanus Koekkoek the Elder (1815–1882), marine and landscape painter, had three daughters Anna Elisabeth (* 1842), Elisabeth Johanna Maria (* 1845) and Johanna Maria (* 1848) and four sons:
      1. Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger (1836–1909), marine and landscape painter;
        his son was:
        1. Stephen Robert Koekkoek (1887–1934), landscape painter, Post-Impressionist, married to Nella Azzoni , one son;
      2. Willem Koekkoek (1839–1895), marine and landscape painter, married to Johanna Hermina ;
        her sons were:
        1. Hermanus Willem Koekkoek (1867–1929), military, landscape and marine painter, draftsman, watercolorist and illustrator, had a daughter with Louise Johannah de Layen :
          1. Louise Hermina Carry May Koekkoek (1898–1989), sculptor and painter;
        2. Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger (1873–1944), animal and landscape painter;
          his son was:
          1. Cornelis Koekkoek (1903–1982), painter, lithographer and graphic artist, later convicted Nazi propagandist
      3. Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek (1840–1912), marine painter;
        his son was:
        1. Gerard Johannes Koekkoek (1871–1956), marine painter;
      4. Barend Hendrik Koekkoek (1849–1889 or 1909), landscape painter, married to Carolina Allardina Cornelia Pierson (1854 – before 1909).

Illustrations of members of the family

  • Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek
    (1778-1851)

  • Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
    (1803-1862)

  • Elise Thérèse Daiwaille – Koekkoek
    (1814–1881)

  • Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Elder
    (1807–1868)

  • Hermanus Koekkoek the Elder
    (1815–1882)

  • Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger
    (1836–1909)

  • Willem Koekkoek
    (1839–1895)

  • Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek
    (1840–1912)

  • Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger
    (1873-1944)

  • Stephen Robert Koekkoek
    (1887–1934)

  • Gerard Johannes Koekkoek
    (1871–1956)

literature

  • Pieter A. Scheen : Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750–1950. Gravenhage 1981, p. 277.
  • The Koekkoek family. Four generations of talent for signage. Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, Ede 2003 ( digitized ).
  • Benno Tempel, Ronald de Leeuw: Het Romantiek Boek. Waanders Uitgevers. Zwolle 2006, ISBN 9-04008-942-6 .
  • Old masters and 19th century art. Christie's, Amsterdam 2012. With family tree on p. 122.

Web links

Commons : Koekkoek (family)  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Koekkoek. In: Art Bus.