Aert Schouman
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Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman (4 March 1710 – 5 July 1792) was an 18th-century painter, now better known as a
Schouman was born in
Schouman was a leading artist in Zeeland between 1735 and 1785. During that period he lived and worked in Dordrecht, The Hague and Middelburg and taught pupils in Dordrecht and The Hague. He travelled to England twice and assembled an important collection of paintings. He was a prolific and versatile Dutch painter, glass engraver, printmaker, collector and dealer, who produced still lifes, biblical and mythological themes, natural history studies, genre, historical and topographical works, portraits, sketches, etchings and mezzotints. He designed tapestries, painted wall-hangings and decorated objects such as fans, snuffboxes and even the glass windows of a magic lantern. His pupils were Wouter Dam, Jabes Heenck, Dirk Kuipers, Pieter Willem van Megen, Nicolaes Muys, Jan van Os Joris Ponse, Martinus Schouman (his grandnephew), Jan Willem Snoek, Rutger Moens Taats, Wouter Uiterlimmige, Wilhelmus Vincentius, Jacobus Vonck, and Daniël Vrijdag. He died in The Hague, aged 82.
His painting of
References
- ^ RKD
- ^ "Codart - Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide". Archived from the original on 2006-06-28. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
Bibliography
- Laurens J. Bol Aert Schouman. Dordrecht 1710-1792 's-Gravenhage. Tentoonstelling bijeengebracht uit openbaar en particulier bezit van tekeningen, aquarellen en prenten, Rijksprentenkabinet Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1961
- Meile D. Haga La Voliere Imaginaire. Aquarelles d'oiseaux par Aert Schouman (1710-17920), Paris, 1982
- ISBN 90-70288-73-7
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