William Raymond Dommersen
William Raymond Dommersen, also ''Dommersheusen'' and ''Dommersheuzen'', (London, Stratford West Ham, 1859 – London, 1927) was an English painter of Land- and Seascapes, Villages and Towns. He signed his work as W or WR Dommersen. Biography Dommersen was born at the end of 1859 in Stratford, West Ham, London as the son of the Anglo / Dutch fine art painter Pieter Cornelis Dommersen and Anna Petronella Synja. His parents had moved from the Netherlands in 1855 to London, England. Pre 1700 the family came from Dahlheim, near Koblenz, in Germany, so their family name was originally 'Dommershausen'. He married c. 1887 Annie Louisa Gormer and had at least four sons and two daughters of whom there are descendants living in England and Scotland. His uncle, Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen, was also a painter in the Netherlands. It is possible that when his father received British nationality that they changed their family name – Dommershuizen – into the more English sounding sur ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Fisherfolk At The Water's Edge On A Still Day, By W R Dommersen 1884
A fisher or fisherman is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million Commercial fishing, commercial and Artisan fishing, subsistence fishers and Fish farming, fish farmers. Fishers may be professional or Recreational fishing, recreational. Fishing has existed as a means of obtaining food since the Mesolithic period.Early humans followed the coast
BBC News articles

History

[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]