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Teylers Eerste Schilderijenzaal
The Eerste Schilderijenzaal, or Painting Gallery I, is one of two art gallery rooms in Teylers Museum and is the oldest art gallery for contemporary Dutch art in the Netherlands. It was built onto the back of Teylers Oval Room in 1838. It was the young museum's first exhibition space for paintings and could be entered through the Oval Room, which was itself located behind the Fundatiehuis, the former home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst. History Teylers Foundation started collecting contemporary Dutch paintings in 1821. The paintings were either commissioned directly from the painters or acquired at exhibitions. The first room used to display paintings was the room that is today used as a print cabinet and was added to the Oval room in 1824 along with the library room upstairs. The lack of light quickly made viewing the paintings there unpopular and it was used mostly for lectures and experiments. According to the archives, the expansion was done by the foundation's own build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B Overzicht-2
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History Old English was originally written in runes, whose equivalent letter was beorc , meaning "birch". Beorc dates to at least the 2nd-century Elder Futhark, which is now thought to have derived from the Old Italic alphabets' either directly or via Latin . The uncial and half-uncial introduced by the Gregorian and Irish missions gradually developed into the Insular scripts' . These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. The Norman Conquest popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Bosboom
Johannes Bosboom (18 February 1817 – 14 September 1891) was a Dutch painter and watercolorist of the Hague School, known especially for his paintings of church interiors. Biography He was born in The Hague. At the age of 14 he became a student of Bartholomeus van Hove and painted in his studio along with Van Hove's son Hubertus van Hove. Together they worked on the pieces of scenery that Van Hove created for the Royal Theatre in The Hague. In addition, Bosboom took lessons from 1831 to 1835 and again from 1839 to 1840 in the Hague Academy of Art. Here he also made the acquaintance of Anthonie Waldorp and Wijnand Nuyen. The young Bosboom traveled to Germany in 1835 to Düsseldorf, Cologne and Koblenz and painted the watercolor ''View of the Mosel Bridge at Koblenz''. This painting was purchased by Andreas Schelfhout, who became his confidant and friend. In 1839 he traveled to Paris and Rouen and received a silver medal for ''View of the Paris Quay and the Cathedral at Rouen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Pieter Hoevenaar
Willem Pieter Hoevenaar (1808, Utrecht (city), Utrecht – 1863, Utrecht (city), Utrecht), was a 19th-century painter, draughtsman, lithographer and watercolor artist from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he learned to paint from his father, the painter Adriaenus Hoevenaar and later Pieter Christoffel Wonder.Willem Pieter Hoevenaar in the RKD His brothers Cornelis Willem Hoevenaar, Cornelis Willem and Nicolaas Ludolph were also painters. His works were shown at exhibitions in The Hague and Amsterdam during the years 1828-1863, and his drawings in sepia were popular in his time. His pupils were David van der Kellen Jr. and his son Jozef Hoevenaar, who drew his portrait. He is known for genre works with figures, often portrayed in vintage Dutch costumes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
