Jacob van Strij (2 October 1756 – 4 February 1815) was
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painter, printmaker, and draftsman who was mainly interested in landscape painting, including mountain landscapes, winter landscapes and marines.Jacob van Strij at the
Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
Life and career
Jacob van Strij was born on 2 October 1756 in
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
in the
Dutch Republic
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...
. He was the son of Leendert van Strij and the younger brother of
Abraham van Strij
Abraham van Strij (1753–1826) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
Van Strij was born and died in Dordrecht. According to the RKD he was the son of Leendert and the brother of Jacob.
Both he and his brother were pupils of his father. He traveled to Antwerp where between 1774 and 1776 he attended the classes of
Andries Cornelis Lens
Andries Cornelis Lens or André Corneille Lens (Antwerp, 31 March 1739 – Brussels, 30 March 1822)Andries Lens at the ...
, a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp.Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden, ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool'', Antwerpen, 1883, p. 1223-1230 Jacob joined his father's workshop.
Jacob's brother Abraham van Strij was a leading founding member of the Teekengenootschap Pictura Dordrecht (Drawing Society Pictura Dordrecht) when it was established in 1774. Jacob also joined Pictura after his return from his study period in Antwerp. He was described by his contemporaries as a well-read man who was held in high esteem. He gave lectures at the Teekengenootschap Pictura Dordrecht on the paintings of the old masters and mythology.
Jacob's son Hendrik also became a painter. He and his brother took on pupils after taking over their father's workshop. Their pupils were
Pieter Rudolph Kleijn
Pieter Rudolph Kleijn or Kleyn (1785 – 1816) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands who died young.
Kleijn was born in Hooge Zwaluwe as one of seven children of the mayor, lawyer and poet Johannes Petrus Kleyn and ...
Johannes Christiaan Schotel
Johannes Christiaan Schotel (11 November 1787 – 21 December 1838) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands known for his marines and artwork. Talent was handed down by generation to the next throughout the Schotel family pro ...
, and
Gillis Smak Gregoor
Gillis Smak Gregoor (1770 – 1843), was a Dutch landscape painter.
Biography
He was born in Dordrecht, South Holland and was a pupil of Abraham and Jacob van Strij.
Van Strij died on 4 February 1815, at the age of 58, in Dordrecht.
Work
Jacob van Strij painted italianate landscapes, mountain landscapes, cityscapes, winter landscapes, portraits, architectural paintings and marines. He took his inspiration from the 17th-century landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age, in particular
Aelbert Cuyp
Aelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp () (20 October 1620 – 15 November 1691) was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp (1594–1651 ...