Hendrik Kobell (13 September 1751 – 3 August 1779) was an 18th-century

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and

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from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He came from a painting family and was a cousin of

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and Franz Kobell, German painters and brothers.Hendrik Kobell
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His father was a pottery merchant, and though he was not a professional artist, he trained his son in drawing, who loved to draw ships in the port of Rotterdam. The younger Kobell was finally able to take a journey in one when his father arranged some business he could attend to in

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in 1779. There he conducted his business while drawing all sorts of ships and boats, and when he returned to the Northern Netherlands in 1770, he gave up the pottery business to study art in Amsterdam. He studied for two years under Jacob de Vos and

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with such success that he was elected a member of the '' Stadstekenacademie'' (Amsterdam drawing academy). He travelled to Paris in 1772 and in 1772 settled in Rotterdam, where he helped set up a similar drawing academy; ''Genootschap Hierdoor tot Hooger''. He was the father and teacher of the painter

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II (1778–1814), and his other pupils were Carel Frederik Bendorp, and

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Works

He painted in oils and watercolors, doing landscapes and marines. His work is distinguished by skillful manipulation and lifelike depiction. His work as a draftsman and etcher was also notable. He was esteemed for his numerous drawings, executed in pen and heightened with India ink.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobell, Hendrik 1751 births 1779 deaths 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Painters from Rotterdam Dutch etchers Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Dutch watercolourists