Ferdinand Karel Adolf Constantijn Leenhoff (24May 184125April 1914) was a Dutch painter and sculptor.

Life

He was born in

Zaltbommel Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. History The city of Zaltbommel The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received ...

to Carolus Antonius Leenhoff (1807–1878), a

carillonneur A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...

and music professor, and Martina Adriana Johanna Ilcken (1807–1876). Around 1847, Ferdinand, his mother and some of his siblings moved to Paris to live with Ferdinand's grandmother. There he was pupil of Alphonse François. There his sister Suzanne met and later married the painter

Édouard Manet Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Born ...

, in the centre of whose '' Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'' (1863) Leenhoff appears. Leenhoff studied under

Joseph Mezzara Joseph Ernest Amédée Mezzara (2 March 182012 July 1901) was a Franco-American sculptor. Life Born in New York, his parents Thomas François Gaspard Mezzara (1774-1845) and Marie Angélique Foulon were both painters. The Mezzara family alterna ...

in Paris, with Mezzara later marrying Leenhoff's sister Mathilde. He later returned to the Netherlands and from 1890 to 1899 taught at Amsterdam's

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

, before dying in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

in 1914.

Selected works

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

cimetière de Passy Passy Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Passy) is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. History The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (''l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy'', located on Rue Lekain), w ...

: ''Bust of

'', bronze, on the painter's grave.Entry on ''tombes-sepultures.com''
*

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, Thorbeckeplein : ''Monument to

Johan Rudolf Thorbecke Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (14 January 1798 – 4 June 1872) was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that drafted the revision of the Consti ...

'', 1876. *

Hoorn Hoorn () is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers ( ...

: ''Monument to

Jan Pieterszoon Coen Jan Pieterszoon Coen (, 8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, holding two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, ...

'', 1887. *

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

, Domplein, in front of the : ''Monument to Queen

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Wilhelmina (; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War ...

'', 1892. File:Thorbecke statue Amsterdam.jpg, ''Monument to

'' (1876), Thorbeckeplein,

File:Jan Pieterszoon Coen statue.jpg, ''Monument to

'' (1887),

. File:Buste Manet Passy (2).JPG, ''Bust of

'',

, Paris

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leenhoff, Ferdinand 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch sculptors 1841 births 1914 deaths People from Zaltbommel Artists from Gelderland