Jan Jacob Spöhler (November 7, 1811 in
Nederhorst den Berg
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–June 5, 1866 in
Amsterdam
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), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of
Jan Willem Pieneman and became a member of the Koninklijke Academie in Amsterdam in 1845.
[Jan Jacob Spohler]
in the RKD
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He is known for winter landscapes and became the father of the painters
Jacob Jan Coenraad Spohler and
Johannes Franciscus Spohler.
[ He worked in Amsterdam from 1830 to 1839 (where he later returned and lived from 1861 onwards), Haarlem 1840–1843, Brussels 1844-1847 (and briefly again in 1853), The Hague 1848–1849, Leiden 1850–1860, and Rotterdam 1854–1855.][ In addition to his sons he taught the painter Willem Vester.][
]
References
Jan Jacob Spohler
on Artnet
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1811 births
1866 deaths
19th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
People from Wijdemeren
19th-century Dutch male artists