Eelke Jelles Eelkema (8 July 1788 – 27 November 1839) was a Dutch painter of landscapes, flowers, and fruit. He was born at

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

as the son of a merchant. On account of his deafness, which was brought on by an illness at the age of seven, he was educated in the first Dutch institution for the deaf and dumb at

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

(1799). The Flemish Gerardus de San, first director of the

Academie Minerva Academie Minerva is a Dutch art academy. The academy was founded in 1798 in Groningen as a school for arts, architecture, construction engineering, and seamanship.Dijk, F. van (1998) ''Leraren van de Academie Minerva. Een keuze uit twee eeuwen k ...

, instructed Eelkema in the art of drawing. In 1804, Eelkema obtained the first prize of the academy. In 1808 he went back to his home town. In 1814 he was rewarded a stipend and lived in Paris for two years. Eelkema then travelled by foot in France, Switzerland, and Italy, making sketches. In 1820 he had an exhibition of his work in Amsterdam. Afterwards he taught at the Atheneum in

Franeker Franeker (; fry, Frjentsjer) is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Waadhoeke. It is located north of the Van Harinxmakanaal and about 20 km west of Leeuwarden. As of 1 January 2014, it had 12, ...

, communicating on a slate. In 1823 Eelkema visited London, and later worked in a flower shop in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

. In 1830 Eelkema had translated from the French language a theoretical work by the

miniaturist A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

André Léon Larue Mansion . He painted until he lost his sight, and diedTresoar Archives
/ref> at Leeuwarden in 1839. File:Bloemen in een terracotta vaas., Albertus Jonas Brandt, Eelke Jelles Eelkema, 1810 - 1824 - Zoeken - Rijksmuseum.jpg, ''Flowers in a Terracotta Vase'' ( 1810–1824) started by

Albertus Jonas Brandt Albertus Jonas Brandt (25 November 1787 – 12 February 1821) was a Dutch still life painter. He was the son of a book printer and seller. While working in his father's shop, he became a pupil of J. E. Morel. After Morel's death in 1808, he spe ...

and finished by Eelkema after Brandt's death in 1821 File:Stilleven met bloemen en vruchten Rijksmuseum SK-A-1032.jpeg, ''Still Life with Flowers and Fruit'' (1824) File:Stilleven met bloemen en vruchten Rijksmuseum SK-C-131.jpeg, ''Still Life with Flowers and Fruit'' ( 1815–1830) File:Stilleven met bloemen Rijksmuseum SK-A-3454.jpeg, ''Still Life with Flowers'' ( 1815–1839)

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* 1788 births 1839 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Deaf artists Flower artists People from Leeuwarden Dutch deaf people 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub