Ary Johannes Lamme (1812-1900) - Le grand atelier

Arie Johannes Lamme, also spelled Ary (27 September 1812,

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- 25 February 1900, Berg en Dal) was a Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, art dealer and museum director. He specialized in

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scenes and historical works.

Biography

His father was the art dealer . He originally studied with his father, then went to

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at the age of seventeen, where he studied with his cousins, Ary and

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.Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. In 1845, while in Paris, he won a gold medal for his

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s. Two years later, he and his father worked for the city of

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, evaluating paintings that had been bequeathed to the city by Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans, a noted art collector.Brief biography
from the ''Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek'' @ DBNL. Those paintings formed the basis of the collection at the

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, and Lamme was named the first Director in 1849. He was also involved in the creation of the

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named him a Ridder in the

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. In 1870, he resigned his position at Boijmans and was named Honorary Director. He was succeeded by his son, Dirk Arie Lamme and retired to an estate he had purchased in Berg en Dal.

References

External links

Ary Johannes Lamme in: Biografisch Portaal van Netherland

Ary Johannes Lamme In: Pieter Scheen: ''Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750–1950.''Arcadja Auctions: More works by Lamme.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamme, Arie Johannes 1812 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch genre painters Directors of museums in the Netherlands Artists from Dordrecht 19th-century Dutch male artists