Jan Adam Kruseman (12 February 1804,

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- 17 March 1862, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also did landscapes and genre scenes.

Biography

Portrait of Adriaan van der Hoop by Jan Adam Kruseman

He was born to a prominent family that would produce several well-known artists. In 1819, at the age of fifteen, he went to Amsterdam, and enrolled at the Tekenacademie, where he received his first lessons from his cousin,

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.Biographical notes
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).Profile from the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, Three years later, after doing a portrait of

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, who was married to Crown Prince William. After William ascended to the throne, Kruseman was commissioned to paint official portraits of the Royal Family, including six of the King. In 1839, along with the engraver André-Benoit Taurel (1794-1859) and Marinus Tétar van Elven (1803-1883), an architect, he became one of the founders of

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. In 1844, he was named a Ridder in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. He was married in 1826 and had seven children, including Jan Theodoor Kruseman, who became a noted landscape painter. In 1836, his nephew, the future theologian and poet Petrus Augustus de Génestet, came to live with his family after being orphaned. He created over 500 portraits, mostly of the nobility and wealthy burghers. His portraits are notable for their lack of idealization and attention to details of clothing. He had numerous successful students; among the best-known were

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and

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. After his death, he was largely forgotten although, in the 1960s, a street in Rosmalen was named after him. From 2002 to 2003, a major retrospective was held at the Het Loo Palace and, in 2015, an exhibition featuring all the artists of the extended Kruseman family was held at the

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Selected portraits

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File:Jan Adam Kruseman William II King of the Netherlands 1840.jpg, King William II

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Kruseman.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kruseman, Jan Adam 1804 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Pupils of Jacques-Louis David Dutch portrait painters Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Painters from Haarlem

Biography

Selected portraits

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