Dirk Valkenburg: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m →Reception: Adding web.archive.org links for citations with url-status=live Category:CS1_maint:_url-status |
Changing short description from "Dutch painter" to "Dutch painter (1675–1721)" |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Dutch painter (1675–1721)}} |
|||
[[File:Dirk Valkenburg - Plantage in Suriname.jpg|thumb|right|A plantation in Surinam.]] |
[[File:Dirk Valkenburg - Plantage in Suriname.jpg|thumb|right|A plantation in Surinam.]] |
||
'''Dirk Valkenburg''' (1675, in [[Amsterdam]] – 1721, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. |
'''Dirk Valkenburg''' (1675, in [[Amsterdam]] – 1721, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. |
||
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
||
According to the RKD he was a pupil of [[Michiel van Musscher]], [[Herman van Vollenhove]], and [[Jan Weenix]].<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/79070 Dirk Valkenburg] in the [[RKD]]</ref> In 1698 he worked in Vienna for the Prince of Liechtenstein, and from 1706-1707 he travelled to |
According to the RKD he was a pupil of [[Michiel van Musscher]], [[Herman van Vollenhove]], and [[Jan Weenix]].<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/79070 Dirk Valkenburg] in the [[RKD]]</ref> In 1698 he worked in Vienna for the Prince of Liechtenstein, and from 1706-1707 he travelled to [[Suriname]] to draw the native plants and birds for the wealthy city secretary of Amsterdam, [[Jonas Witsen]],<ref name=RKD/> who owned a plantation there and whom he met through his teacher Musscher. |
||
He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.<ref name=RKD/> |
He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.<ref name=RKD/> |
||
Latest revision as of 05:41, 24 October 2024
Dirk Valkenburg (1675, in Amsterdam – 1721, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
[edit]According to the RKD he was a pupil of Michiel van Musscher, Herman van Vollenhove, and Jan Weenix.[1] In 1698 he worked in Vienna for the Prince of Liechtenstein, and from 1706-1707 he travelled to Suriname to draw the native plants and birds for the wealthy city secretary of Amsterdam, Jonas Witsen,[1] who owned a plantation there and whom he met through his teacher Musscher.
He is known for exotic landscapes, paintings of birds, and fruit and flower still lifes.[1]
Reception
[edit]Since 2010 Dutch artist Willem de Rooij has been working on the first monographic publication on the life and work of Dirk Valkenburgh.[2]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dirk Valkenburg.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dirk Valkenburg in the RKD
- ^ Tropenmuseum (June 20, 2019). "The Subject(s) of Slavery: The Paintings of Dirk Valkenburg and Albert Eckhout as Sites of Remembrance". Research Center for Material Culture. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
