Willem Roelofs
Dutch painter and etcher (1822-1897)
Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th century, which led to the formation of The Hague school.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Willem Roelofs (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Mar 10, 1822, died May 12, 1897.1
About
His landscapes, especially the early ones with their dominating cloudy skies, demure bodies of water and populated with cattle, are typical for the School of Barbizon.
From Wikipedia’s article on Willem Roelofs, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Old HollandFounder9
Career
Occupation: printmaker, visual artist, lithographer, watercolorist, entomologist, draftsperson, painter, etcher.4
- Date not recordedFounded Old Holland3
Known for: Lake near Loosdrecht, The Gein River, near Abcoude, Landscape in the Environs of The Hague.5
Personal life
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- 1WikidataWillem Roelofs on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWillem Roelofs on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataOld Holland, Founder
- 10Wikimedia CommonsWillem Roelofs photo by Jozef Israëls, Public domain