Thomas Gaal
Thomas Gaal (born July 9, 1739 in Dendermonde , † July 16, 1817 in Middelburg ) was a painter with Scottish roots. He specialized in wallpaper painting and portraits.
Life and works
Gaal was the son of George Gael of Gaal, an officer in the English service. After he left, he had settled in Delft . His son began training there as an apprentice to a wallpaper painter. After moving to Middelburg, he joined the painters' guild on December 12, 1764; In 1778 he founded the Middelburg Drawing Academy together with other artists, which he directed for some time as director. Gaal later founded a wallpaper factory that produced wallpapers with landscapes, flowers and birds.
Thomas Gaal was the father of the painter Pieter Gaal and the grandfather of the painter and etcher Jacobus Cornelis Gaal . His students included Simon de Koster , Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek , Jacob Perkois , Andries Vermeulen and Cornelis Zwigtman .
literature
- Gaal, Thomas . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 2 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Thomas Gaal . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 46, Saur, Munich a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-598-22786-8 , p. 484.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaal, Thomas. In: Biographical woordenboek der Nederlanden. Part 7: G. Haarlem 1862 ( dbnl.org or in PDF dbnl.org , p. 2).
- ↑ Koster, Simon de. In: Michael Bryan u. a .: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. London 1886, p. 746, ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Biography in key words on rkd.nl
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaal, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter with Scottish roots |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dendermonde |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1817 |
| Place of death | Middelburg |