Nicolaus Berkhout

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Seeheim an der Bergstrasse
View of Wiesbaden (1856)
Landscape with Castle Ruins (1847)
Rest at the tavern (1849)

Nicolaus Berkhout (born February 15, 1813 in Sartam (today: Zaandam), † October 21, 1892 in Wachenheim ) was a Dutch genre and landscape painter.

family

He was born as the son of the landowners Hendrik and Katharina Berkhout, née Hartmann. The family was Protestant. Nicolaus Berkhout was married to Marie Rosine Antoinette, née Nieuwkerk (born December 6, 1808 in Amsterdam , † November 1, 1875 in Darmstadt ). The couple had at least three children:

  • Moritz Georg Julius Berkhout (* 1836 in Wiesbaden-Biebrich ; † March 14, 1850 in Mainz )
  • Katharina Marie Isabelle (born June 28, 1839 in Amersfoort , † March 14, 1868 in Bessungen )
  • Henry Nicolaus (born March 1, 1844 in Sartam, † December 3, 1877 in Seeheim ). He completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor with Johann Baptist Scholl in Darmstadt.

life and work

Nicolaus Berkhout probably completed his training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. From 1834 to 1842 he lived and worked in Hilversum and Amsterdam . In 1834, 1836, 1841 and 1842 he sent pictures to exhibitions in the Netherlands. In 1842 he was on a journey with a fellow sculptor. In 1850 the eldest son of Nicolaus Berkhout died in Mainz and on the occasion of this event it is documented that Nicolaus Berkhout's father-in-law was living in Biebrich at the time . He was already painting in the Grand Duchy of Hesse and neighboring areas based on the pictures known from this period . Apart from that, there is hardly any evidence of his biography until around 1860. His connection to the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt could have come about through the local court painter Joseph Hartmann , who is believed to be related to the mother of Nicolaus Berkhout. From 1863 Nicolaus Berkhout lived with his family in Darmstadt, from 1867 in Bessungen, and from 1871 at the latest in Seeheim. Wachenheim in the Palatinate (Bavaria) is proven to be the place of residence of Nicolaus Berkhout from 1880 .

Berkhout received numerous private and some public contracts from Hessen and its surroundings. The paintings from numerous private commissions are often still in family hands today, so it is difficult to get an overview of Berkhout's work. Prince Ernst zu Leiningen was among the clients several times . From 1860 onwards there are numerous depictions of landscapes from Starkenburg , Rheinhessen and from 1871 the Palatinate. He painted naturalistically , his representations are characterized by attention to detail and sometimes also by the fact that he integrated a current event into the picture. Usually Berkhout signed and dated his works. The last dated works that are known of him are from 1887. In 1987 the painter was honored by a traveling exhibition, which the Sparkasse Bad Dürkheim showed at four locations in the region.

literature

  • Gisela Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter on Bergstrasse . In: Geschichtsblätter Kreis Bergstrasse 18 (1985), pp. 60–70.
  • Gisela Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, life and work . In: Kreissparkasse Bad Dürkheim (ed.): Nicolaus Berkhout 1813–1892 (exhibition catalog). Bad Dürkheim 1987. Without ISBN.
  • Reinhard Dietrich and Ferdinand Werner : A new picture of the old train station . In: Der Wormsgau 33/2017 (2018), pp. 105–110.
  • Pieter Scheen: Lexicon nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars. 1750-1950 . Vol. 1, 1969, p. 82.
  • Bertold Schnabel, Claus-Peter Westrich: Nicolaus Berkhout. A Dutch painter on the wine route . Kreissparkasse, Bad Dürkheim 1987.
  • Claus-Peter Westrich: A Dutchman paints the Mittelhaardt. Nicolaus Berkhout on the German Wine Route in the 19th century . In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Landkreis Bad Dürkheim 6 (1988), pp. 236–239.

Web links

Commons : Nicolaus Berkhout  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Thus he documents the newly opened Hessische Ludwigsbahn in 1853 (Henry's auctions. September 2017 edition [auction catalog], p. 105, no. 6057) or the collection of the church bells in Wald-Michelbach in 1862 (Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p . 66).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 60.
  2. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 62.
  3. ↑ Their father, Gerrit Nieuwkerk (* 1772), lived in Biebrich (today: Wiesbaden-Biebrich) in 1850 ( Mainz city archive : birth, marriage and death registers of the 19th century from Mainz. Signature: 50/218, No. 244) .
  4. ↑ Stadtarchiv Mainz : Birth, marriage and death registers of the 19th century from Mainz. Signature: 50/218, No. 244.
  5. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, Leben und Werk , p. (9).
  6. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, Leben und Werk , p. (9).
  7. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , pp. 66, 68.
  8. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, Leben und Werk , p. (9).
  9. ^ Homepage of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie .
  10. ^ Homepage of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie .
  11. ^ Homepage of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie .
  12. ↑ Scheen.
  13. ↑ Dietrich / Werner: Ein neue Bild , p. 107f.
  14. ↑ See the above reproduced works from 1847 and 1849 and a painting from 1853 (Henry's auctions. September 2017 edition [auction catalog], p. 105, no. 6057); Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, Leben und Werk , p. (11), on the other hand, a painting from 1856 is known as the earliest work created in Germany.
  15. ^ Westrich: Ein Holländer , p. 237.
  16. ^ Westrich: Ein Holländer , p. 237.
  17. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 60.
  18. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, Leben und Werk , p. (13); Claus-Peter Westrich: [Foreword]. In: Kreissparkasse Bad Dürkheim (ed.): Nicolaus Berkhout 1813–1892 . Bad Dürkheim 1987. Without ISBN, p. 4.
  19. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 62.
  20. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 66.
  21. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 66.
  22. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 62.
  23. ^ Bergsträsser: Nicolaus Berkhout, a Dutch painter , p. 66.
  24. ^ Westrich: Ein Holländer , p. 236; Exhibition catalog: Kreissparkasse Bad Dürkheim (ed.): Nicolaus Berkhout 1813–1892 . Bad Dürkheim 1987. Without ISBN.
personal data
SURNAME Berkhout, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch genre and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Sartam (today: Zaandam)
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1892
Place of death Wachenheim on the Wine Route