Gerrit Jan Michaëlis (1775, Amsterdam – 1857, Haarlem), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
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Biography
He was the son of the sculptor H.C. Michaëlis who studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam Royal Academy of Art) and became a member of the Amsterdam drawing society called "Tekengenootschap Zonder Wet of Spreuk".[1] He was the pupil of George Nikolaus Ritter and Jurriaan Andriessen, and won a prize at the Amsterdam drawing academy Felix Meritis in 1805.[1][2] He continued to send in examples of his art which met with success in Amsterdam competitions in the years 1808, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1816, and 1818.[2]
He moved to Haarlem to succeed Wybrand Hendriks as the curator and live-in kastelein of the art collection at the Teylers Museum during the years 1819-1854.[1] He is known for his landscapes and was also the director of the Haarlem Stadstekenacademie.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Gerrit Jan Michaëlis in the RKD
- ^ a b History of art by Adriaan van der Willigen and Roeland van Eynden
External links
- Gerrit Jan Michaëlis on Artnet
- His sketched portrait[permanent dead link] on the Rijksmuseum website by Jacob Ernst Marcus
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This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 22:50