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

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. According to the

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he was the son of Leendert and the brother of

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.Abraham van Strij
in the RKD Both he and his brother were pupils of his father, and after taking lessons from

Joris Ponse Joris Ponse (March 1723, Dordrecht - December 1783, Dordrecht) was a Dutch painter primarily of birds, fruit, and flowers. Ponse was a scholar of Aert Schouman. He passed through many vicissitudes, being at one time reduced to gain a livelihood by ...

, 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 Pieter Rudolph Kleijn or Kleyn (1785 – 1816) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands who died young. Kleijn was born in Hooge Zwaluwe as one of seven children of the mayor, lawyer and poet Johannes Petrus Kleyn and ...

, Johannes van Lexmond, Jacob de Meijer, Johannes Rutten, Johannes Schoenmakers,

Johannes Christiaan Schotel Johannes Christiaan Schotel (11 November 1787 – 21 December 1838) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands known for his marines and artwork. Talent was handed down by generation to the next throughout the Schotel family pro ...

, and

Gillis Smak Gregoor Gillis Smak Gregoor (1770 – 1843), was a Dutch landscape painter. Biography He was born in Dordrecht, South Holland and was a pupil of Abraham and Jacob van Strij.

References

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