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Johan Conrad Greive (1837–1891) was a 19th-century Dutch painter.


Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of a musician and the pupil of his uncle
Petrus Franciscus Greive Petrus Franciscus Greive (25 March 1811 in Amsterdam – 4 November 1872 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and lithographer. Biography He studied with Jean Augustin Daiwaille, Jan Willem Pieneman and Christiaan Julius Lodewijk Portman (1799– ...
and Cornelis Springer.Greive jr. in the online correspondence
of James McNeill Whistler website
Johan Conrad Greive
in the
RKD 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 ...
He signed his works ''J.C. Greive jr.'' and was a member of Arti et Amicitiae from 1863, where he became chairman for three years. His pupils were Coen Metzelaar and
Hein Kever Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, known as Hein (19 June 1854 in Amsterdam – 29 April 1922 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch genre and still-life painter; associated with the Laren School. Biography He was born into a wealthy family. He showed little abil ...
. He is known for his paintings, lithographs, and topographical drawings in various sketchbooks, many of Amsterdam subjects. He created genre works, artist portraits, landscapes, and marines. Johan Conrad Greive's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $1,100 USD to $66,580 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since year 2001 the record price at auction is $66,580 USD for Seine bij Châtillon: Seine near Châtillon, sold at Christie's Amsterdam in year 2013. A street is named after him in the neighborhood of streets named after 19th and 20th century Dutch painters in
Overtoomse Veld Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the '' Overtoomse Sluis'', which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap are ...
-Noord, Amsterdam. File:Greive Damrak.jpg,
Damrak The Damrak is an avenue and partially filled in canal at the centre of Amsterdam, running between Amsterdam Centraal in the north and Dam Square in the south. It is the main street where people arriving at the station enter the centre of Amsterda ...
File:Greive Munt.jpg,
Munttoren The Munttoren (; "Mint Tower") or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street ...
File:Greive Aken.jpg, Barges


References


Paintings by Greive jr.
in past sales by art dealer Simonis & Buunk
Johan Conrad Greive
on Artnet {{DEFAULTSORT:Greive, Johan Conrad 1837 births 1891 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 19th-century Dutch male artists