Abraham van Strij, by Pieter Christoffel Wonder

Abraham van Strij (1753–1826) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

Van Strij was born and died in Dordrecht. According to the RKD he was the son of Leendert and the brother of Jacob.Abraham van Strij
in the RKD Both he and his brother were pupils of his father, and after taking lessons from Joris Ponse, Abraham joined his father's workshop. He was a member of the Dordrecht

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and later its director. His son Abraham II also became a painter, and besides his son, he and his brother took on pupils after taking over their father's workshop. Their pupils were Pieter Rudolph Kleijn,

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, Jacob de Meijer, Johannes Rutten,

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References

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