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Jan van Ravenswaay | |
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Born | 1789 |
Died | Hilversum |
Nationality | Dutch |
Jan van Ravenswaay (28 November 1789, Hilversum - 2 March 1869, Hilversum) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Netherlands. He was born in the town of Hilversum
Ravenswaay was the son of a cotton mill owner in Hilversum. He studied drawing with Jordanus Hoorn in Amstersfoort, before following lessons from Pieter Gerardus van Os. [1] He traveled in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam. [1] He won an honorable mention for a landscape in a competition at Felix Meritis in 1818. [1] In 1832, Jan became a member of the artist society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam. [1]
Noteworthy among his pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels and Remigius Adrianus Haanen. [1] [nb 1] His niece Adriana van Ravenswaay also became a painter.
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (October 2019) |
Jan van Ravenswaay | |
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![]() Self-portrait of Jan van Ravenswaay | |
Born | 1789 |
Died | Hilversum |
Nationality | Dutch |
Jan van Ravenswaay (28 November 1789, Hilversum - 2 March 1869, Hilversum) was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Netherlands. He was born in the town of Hilversum
Ravenswaay was the son of a cotton mill owner in Hilversum. He studied drawing with Jordanus Hoorn in Amstersfoort, before following lessons from Pieter Gerardus van Os. [1] He traveled in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam. [1] He won an honorable mention for a landscape in a competition at Felix Meritis in 1818. [1] In 1832, Jan became a member of the artist society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam. [1]
Noteworthy among his pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels and Remigius Adrianus Haanen. [1] [nb 1] His niece Adriana van Ravenswaay also became a painter.