Petrus Johannes Schotel

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Petrus Johannes Schotel (born  August 19, 1808 in Dordrecht , †  July 23, 1865 in Dresden ) was a Dutch painter who, like his father Johannes Christiaan Schotel, devoted himself in particular to marine painting. His paintings are exhibited in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the South African National Gallery , among others .

Life

Petrus Johannes Schotel was born in Dordrecht in 1808 and learned painting from his father Johannes Christiaan Schotel , who had also gained renown primarily through depictions of seafaring and ships. In the years from 1827 to 1829 and 1835 he made trips to France , Germany and Belgium , as a result of which his subsequent works were characterized by warmer colors .

From 1830 to 1848 he taught as a professor at the Royal Marine Institute of the Netherlands ( Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine ) in Medemblik . In 1856 he settled in Düsseldorf , from 1858 to 1863 he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten . In 1860 he moved to Dresden , where he died in 1865.

Act

Petrus Johannes Schotel's paintings are characterized by an emphasis on the dramatic elements of seafaring , and he also devoted himself to the depiction of historical naval battles . He was considered an expert in technical and historical details in ship representations and was influenced in his style by his father.

Works by him can be found in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and in the South African National Gallery . In addition, with a series of 45 lithographs entitled “Heldendaden der Nederlanders ter zee” , he illustrated the work “Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewesen” published by Johannes Cornelis de Jonge between 1833 and 1848 on the history of the Dutch seafaring from the 12th to the 19th century Century.

gallery

  • Storm on the Zuiderzee off Medemblik . Oil on canvas (1840). Haarlem, Teylers Museum.

  • The Squadron of HRH Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands in the English Channel in bad Weather. Oil on canvas (1843), Amsterdam, Scheepvaartmuseum (114 × 147.5 cm)

  • Sailors in stormy seas off the Dutch coast. Oil on canvas. (114 × 151 cm)

  • A River Landscape with Sailing Vessels. Oil on wood, Amsterdam, Scheepvaartmuseum (26.5 × 36 cm)

literature

  • Schotel, Petrus Johannes. In: John Denison Champlin, Jr .: Cyclopedia Of Painters and Paintings. Empire State Book Co., New York 1927, Volume 4, p. 146
  • Petrus Johannes Schotel Dordrecht 1808-1865 Dresden. In: Master drawings from three centuries: Dutch hand drawings from the 17th to 19th centuries from the Hans van Leeuwen collection. Published by the Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen 1979, p. 126

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 439
personal data
SURNAME Schotel, Petrus Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch marine painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Dordrecht
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1865
Place of death Dresden