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Cornelis Lieste (26 October 1817 - 24 July 1861) was a Dutch painter and

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. He specialized in Romantic style landscapes.

Biography

In 1835, his father enrolled him at the

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, where he studied drawing with Jan Reekers (1790-1858). From 1837 to 1838, he learned landscape painting from

Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom (23 August 1805 – 1 March 1880), was a Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, watercolorist, and illustrator who was specialised in landscape art.

and, in 1839, won a silver medal at an exhibition in

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. This was followed by a study trip to Belgium and Germany. Many of his sketches were made in the dunes of

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. While travelling in Germany, he may have visited

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and studied briefly with

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (October 11, 1803 – April 5, 1862) was a Dutch landscape artist and lithographer. Biography Early life: 1803–1824 Barend Cornelis Koekkoek was born on 11 October 1803, in Middelburg, Zeeland. He was the first and el ...

. In 1846, he was named a member of the artists' society, "

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", and was given some administrative functions. Later that year, he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam. The following year, he became a

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and took a painting trip to the

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mountains. He was one of the artists who participated in decorating the "Parkzaal" at the during the celebration of Rembrandt's 400th birthday in 1852. He set off travelling again in 1853; visiting the

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region, Switzerland and North Italy; painting some of his few mountain landscapes. From 1854 to 1856, he was a regular guest at the artists' colony in

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. Just before his death, he paid an extended visit to

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and

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, where he sketched the

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s in addition to his usual landscapes. In 1858, he married Johanna Cornelia Burman (1838-1887), but died two years later of an unspecified "chest disease"; leaving behind a two-year-old child, with another on the way. Among his best known students, one may mention Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten and

Paul Gabriël Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël or Paul Gabriël (5 July 1828 – 23 August 1903) was a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, and etcher who belonged to the Hague School. Biography Gabriël was born in Amsterdam, the son of the sculptor and paint ...

. His works may be seen at the

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, the

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, the

Teylers Museum Teylers Museum () is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science. The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval R ...

, the

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...

and the

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Sources

* Benno Tempel, Ronald de Leeuw: ''Het Romantiek Boek''. Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, 2006. * ''De romantische ziel''. Catalogue, Teylers Museum, 2014, (biography by Frouckje van Hijum). * ''Cornelis Lieste (1817-1861) - Schilder van het licht''. Catalogue, Erno Kiljan, Antoon Erftemeijer. Kleve, B.C. Koekkoek Haus, 2016.

External links

More works by Lieste
@ ArtNet

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