Egbert van Drielst (

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 ...

, 12 March 1745 –

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, 4 June 1818) began his study of the painting in a factory in

which produced mainly lacquered objects. He soon went to

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 ...

, where he became an apprentice in the

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factory of

Jan Augustini Jan Augustini Degelenkamp (1725, Groningen – 1773, Haarlem), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he was a landscape painter who made large wall decorations, many of which are still inst ...

. Van Drielst entered the wallpaper studio in Amsterdam where he established friendships with

Adriaan de Lelie Adriaan de Lelie (19 May 1755 – 30 November 1820)Lelie, Adriaan de
in the

. He studied the old masters

Salomon van Ruysdael Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1602, Naarden – buried 3 November 1670, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was the uncle of Jacob van Ruisdael.

Jacob van Ruisdael Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (; 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achi ...

Jan Wijnants Jan Jansz Wijnants (alternatively Wynants) (1632 – buried 23 January 1684) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography He was born in Haarlem, the son of a Catholic art dealer also named Jan Wijnants.Meindert Hobbema Meindert Lubbertszoon Hobbema (bapt. 31 October 1638 – 7 December 1709) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes, specializing in views of woodland, although his most famous painting, ''The Avenue at Middelharnis'' (1689, National Galler ...

, and sought to make use of their techniques in his nature studies. In 1768 he became a member of the

Guild of Saint Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...

in Amsterdam. He often portrayed nature scenes of the

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

, in the north-east of the Netherlands. In 1790 he married a girl from

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; nds-nl, 't Ogeveine or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout ...

. He traveled there each year to produce drawings, and is sometimes called the "Drentse Hobbema". His wallpaper, usually with the

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on eye height, can be seen in Elswout, near Haarlem and in the

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Sources

* Gerlagh, B & E. Koolhaas-Grosfeld (1995) Egbert van Drielst 1745-1818 * Mandle, E.R (1971) Dutch Masterpieces from the eighteenth century. Paintings & Drawings 1700 - 1800

External links

*
Website on the wallpaper
in the Museum

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Codart on Adriaan de Lelie and Egbert van Drielst
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