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David Bles (1821, The Hague – 1899, The Hague), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
David Bles was born to a merchant I. Bles. [1]
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, at the age of thirteen Bles was talented enough to be accepted at the Hague Academy. [2] He attended classes from 1834 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1841. He became a pupil of the painter Cornelis Kruseman and his nephew Jan Adam Kruseman. [2] Bles then travelled to France to study with Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in Paris. He remained in Paris until 1843 after which he settled in The Hague, though he was a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam between 1845 and 1899. [2] In 1850-60, his paintings were exhibited in various European countries. In 1859, he was elected an honorary associate of the Imperial Academy of Arts. [1]
He painted scenes from the history of Dutch painting and is best known for portraits and genre paintings. [2]
References
- ^ a b Belyaev 2018, p. 39.
- ^ a b c d David Bles in the RKD
Sources
- Belyaev, N. S. (2018). Honorary Free Associates of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Brief biographical guide (PDF). St Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 39. ISBN 978-5-336-00234-8.
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David Bles (1821, The Hague – 1899, The Hague), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
David Bles was born to a merchant I. Bles. [1]
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, at the age of thirteen Bles was talented enough to be accepted at the Hague Academy. [2] He attended classes from 1834 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1841. He became a pupil of the painter Cornelis Kruseman and his nephew Jan Adam Kruseman. [2] Bles then travelled to France to study with Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury in Paris. He remained in Paris until 1843 after which he settled in The Hague, though he was a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam between 1845 and 1899. [2] In 1850-60, his paintings were exhibited in various European countries. In 1859, he was elected an honorary associate of the Imperial Academy of Arts. [1]
He painted scenes from the history of Dutch painting and is best known for portraits and genre paintings. [2]
References
- ^ a b Belyaev 2018, p. 39.
- ^ a b c d David Bles in the RKD
Sources
- Belyaev, N. S. (2018). Honorary Free Associates of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Brief biographical guide (PDF). St Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 39. ISBN 978-5-336-00234-8.
External links
-
Media related to
David Bles at Wikimedia Commons
- David Bles on Artnet
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| Artists | |
| People | |
| Other | |