Jurriaan Andriessen (12 July 1742,

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- 31 July 1819, Amsterdam) was a Dutch decorative painter and graphic artist.

Biography

His father was from

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and his mother was from

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. He began his art studies at the age of twelve with the decorative painter

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. Four years later, he worked with Jan Maurits Quinkhard.Profile in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. In 1760, he attended the Technical School in Amsterdam and was awarded first prize for his graduation work in 1766. That same year, he was accepted as a member of the

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and received a major order for wall decorations at the

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. He worked with Johannes van Dreght and

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. In 1770, he was married. The couple settled in Amsterdam, where he and opened a workshop for making painted wallpaper.Biographical notes
@ CulturArchief. His brother

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, who was a carriage painter, also became involved in the business. Idyllic, mythological landscapes were his most popular product. Toward the end of the Eighteenth-century, the interest in painted wallpaper declined, so he joined with

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as well as his son, Christiaan. In 1799, he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. In all, he produced over 200 wallpaper designs, many of which are in the collection of the

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. Very few are still to be seen in their original locations. The museum also has his diary, meticulously kept over the course of twenty years.

Selected works

File:Andriessen, Jurriaen - Arcadian Landscape - 1780s.jpg, Arcadian landscape File:Jurriaen Andriessen.jpg, Preliminary sketch for a wallpaper painting File:Interieur eetzaal, aanzicht schildering - Heemstede - 20363812 - RCE.jpg, Wall painting at
Huis te Manpad. File:INTERIEUR, KAMER, WANDSCHILDERINGEN (BEHANGSELS), DETAIL - Amsterdam - 20260010 - RCE.jpg, Detail from wallpaper at

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572, Amsterdam

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andriessen, Jurriaan 1742 births 1819 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters 19th-century Dutch painters Decorative arts Dutch people of German descent 19th-century Dutch male artists

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