Bernard Blommers
Illustration — Portrait of B. Thomas Eakins Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers (30 January 1845 in The Hague – 12 December 1914 in The Hague) was a Dutch etcher and painter of the Hague School. He learned lithography early in his career, and then studied at the Hague Akademie under Johan Philip Koelman until 1868. His early paintings were mostly genre works depicting fishermen and their wives, heavily influenced by Jozef Israëls.
Also recorded as Bernardus-Johannes Bloomers · Bernardus Johannes · Bart-John Bloomers · B. J. Blommers
Bernard Blommers
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- Full name
- Bernardus Johannes Blommers.
- Born
- 1845. · The Hague.
- Died
- 1914. · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter, draftsperson, etcher, graphic artist and watercolorist.
- Movements
- Hague School.
- Known for
- Girl Knitting, The Fisherman's Children and Girl with Cherries.
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Illustration — Portrait of B. Thomas Eakins Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers (30 January 1845 in The Hague – 12 December 1914 in The Hague) was a Dutch etcher and painter of the Hague School. He learned lithography early in his career, and then studied at the Hague Akademie under Johan Philip Koelman until 1868. His early paintings were mostly genre works depicting fishermen and their wives, heavily influenced by Jozef Israëls.
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The later works (from about 1890) are more loosely painted, although maritime and genre scenes remained the primary subject matter. His work was critically successful during his lifetime, being sought after by English, Scottish and American collectors. Blommers was also active as a teacher; among his pupils was the American painter Caroline van Hook Bean, who became his daughter-in-law in 1913. • Illustration — The milk maid, by 1914 • Illustration — Seaside, unknown date
Works named in the authority record are Girl Knitting, The Fisherman's Children and Girl with Cherries. Work by Bernard Blommers is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Saint Louis Art Museum, Musée d'Orsay and Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Bernard Blommers was recorded at birth as Bernardus Johannes Blommers. The authorities additionally record the headings Bernardus-Johannes Bloomers, Bernardus Johannes, Bart-John Bloomers, B. Blommers and us Blommers. He was the child of Pieter Blommers.
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Bernard Blommers is recorded as painter, draftsperson, etcher, graphic artist and watercolorist.
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1845
Bernard Blommers was born in 1845 at The Hague.
1914
Bernard Blommers died in 1914 at The Hague.
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Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Saint Louis Art Museum and Musée d'Orsay
Blommers, Bernard[us], Oxford Art Online, 2003
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