Hermanus Koekkoek, sometimes referred to as The Elder (13 March 1815, Middelburg - 5 November 1882,

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) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and graphic artist. He specialized in marine art.

Life and work

He was a member of the famous ; the son of

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, and brother of the landscape painters, Barend Cornelis, and Marinus Adrianus. His sons, Hermanus (the Younger), Willem, Johannes Hermanus Barend, and , all became painters. He also had three daughters.Guido de Werd: "Die Malerfamilie Koekkoek", In: ''Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803–1862), seine Familie, seine Schule und das B.C. Koekkoek-Haus in Kleve'', Koekkoek-Haus, 2000, His father specialized in marine art, and gave Hermanus his first art lessons. In 1826, his family moved to Durgerdam, near Amsterdam. Later, he went to Amsterdam, took classes at the

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, and established himself as a free-lance artist. Like his father, he focused on marine art, although he also created numerous landscapes. His style was a combination of Realism, and the newer

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aesthetic. Influences from the artists of the

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are clearly visible, as well. He provided his four sons with their first painting lessons, as well as schooling his contemporary, the etcher , in the techniques peculiar to marine painting. His memberships included the , and

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, an artists' society in Rotterdam. He won a gold medal at one of their exhibitions in 1875. Many of his works were sold in Germany and England. In 1882 he moved to Haarlem. He died there that same year, aged sixty-seven. His works may be seen at the Teylers Museum, and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. The

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of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam has a collection of his drawings.

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Brief biography
@ Het Schildersgeslacht Koekkoek
Brief biography
@ the Leslie Smith website
More works by Koekkoek
@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Koekkoek, Hermanus 1815 births 1882 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch landscape painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists Painters from Middelburg 19th-century Dutch male artists

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