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Petrus Kiers (5 January 1807, "Het Groeneveld", near Meppel – 17 November 1875,
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by Christiaan Kramm @ DBNL. He exhibited widely, including shows in Paris and New York.
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Petrus Kiers
@ the Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Noord-Holland. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiers, Petrus 1807 births 1875 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters People from Meppel Dutch portrait painters Dutch genre painters Dutch still life painters 19th-century Dutch male artists
Petrus Kiers (5 January 1807, "Het Groeneveld", near Meppel – 17 November 1875, Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
) was a Dutch painter, graphic artist and photographer. He created portraits, still-lifes and cityscapes, but he is best known for his genre
Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...
scenes, lit by lamps or candles.
Biography
His first lessons were with the portrait andgenre
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painter Douwe de Hoop. From 1825 to 1826, he attended the Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school support ...
.Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. He would continue to work mostly in Amsterdam but, beginning in the 1860s, also worked in Drenthe, especially in Assen
Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...
.
In 1837, he married the painter Elisabeth Alida Haanen
Elisabeth Alida Haanen (1809 in Utrecht – 1845 in Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
According to the RKD she was the daughter of Casparis Haanen, and the sister of Adriana Johanna Haanen, Geo ...
, daughter of the artist Casparis Haanen. Their son, George (1838–1916) became a marine art
Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre parti ...
ist and their daughter, Catharina (1839–1930), was a still-life painter. Elisabeth died in 1845 and he remarried in 1850, having two more children.
In 1841, he won a silver medal in a competition held by the Felix Meritis Society. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and, in 1856, he was appointed a member of the Rijksakademie.by Christiaan Kramm @ DBNL. He exhibited widely, including shows in Paris and New York.
Maria Vos
Maria Vos (1824-1906) was a Dutch still-life painter.
Biography
She was born to the family of a stockbroker. She originally studied what would now be called "home economics" at a French boarding school in Weesp.
was among his best-known students.
He also gained a reputation as a pioneering photographer. For several years he was a partner in a photography studio with Johann Benjamin Snoek (1816–1864). Later, he had his own studio in Assen.
References
Further reading
* Roel Sanders, ''Schilders van Drenthe'', Zuidwolde, 2001External links
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Petrus Kiers
@ the Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Noord-Holland. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiers, Petrus 1807 births 1875 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters People from Meppel Dutch portrait painters Dutch genre painters Dutch still life painters 19th-century Dutch male artists