Bartholomeus van Hove

He was able to teach his skills to a large group of artists, of whom especially Johannes Bosboom and Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch would rise to great heights.

The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague, Nijmegen and Leiden. Works named in the authority record are View of a town, Mauritshuis in The Hague and Church interior. Work by Bartholomeus van Hove is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Städel Museum, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Teylers Museum.

Van Hove was a pupil of his father, Hubertus van Hove the Elder and the theater painter JHAA Breckenheijmer, and was appointed headmaster in 1820 at the Hague Academy Teeken. In that capacity, he became the teacher of Carel Jacobus Behr, Petrus Augustus Beretta, Pieter Gerardus Bernhard, Johannes Bosboom, Cornelis de Cocq, Johannes Josephus Destree, Lambertus Hardenberg, his son Huib van Hove, Johannes van Hove, Herman Gijsbert Keppel Hesselink, Everhardus Koster, Charles Leickert, Maurits Leon, Ferdinand Carl Sierich, Johannes Anthonie Balthasar Stroebel, Willem Troost, Petrus Gerardus Vertin, Salomon Verveer, Lodewijk Anthony Vintcent, Hendricus Stephanus Johannes van Weerden, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Cornelis Westerbeek, and Salomon van Witsen. In 1823, he was commissioned by the War Department to illustrate the variety of Dutch army uniforms in a series of pen drawings. Van Hove was also a decorative artist, and in 1829 succeeded his teacher JHAA Breckenheijmer as a stage painter at the Hague Theatre. In the painting world of The Hague, he was a public figure. In 1847, he became one of the founders of the Pulchri Studio. He also became the first president of this group, a position he held until 1851. He was also a member of the Amsterdam-based Arti et Amicitiae, of which he became honorary chairman in 1874.

Except for stage scenery, Van Hove painted mostly cityscapes and church interiors in a romantic style. His early works are characterized by a fine, detailed painting style, which strongly contrasts with the broad, colorful stage sets. His cityscapes and church interiors were often decorated with figures, sometimes done by his son Huib. His later cityscapes are looser and smoother in tone with a tailored gray coloration.

• Illustration — Church Interior (1844). Oil on panel. • Illustration — Capriccio Cityscape, Elements of Deventer • Illustration — The Mauritshuis in The Hague (1825) • Illustration — View of the Old Women and Children's Hospital in The Hague (1830)

The following is established of the heading itself.

The following is established of origins and background. Hove died in 1880 at The Hague. Institutional cataloguing adds that bartholomeus van Hove was born in 1790 at The Hague.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.