Dirk van Lokhorst
Illustration — Portrait of van Lokhorst (1870s) Dirk van Lokhorst (11 November 1818 – 9 July 1893) was a Dutch painter. He was born, lived and worked in Utrecht throughout his life, specialising in landscapes and paintings of animals. He studied under the cattle painter Albertus Verhoesen and Johannes Bilders.
Also recorded as Dirk Van Lokhorst · D. P. van lokhorst · d. van lokhorst · d. p. v. lokhorst
Dirk van Lokhorst
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- Born
- Dirk van Lokhorst was born on 11 November 1818. · Utrecht.
- Died
- Dirk van Lokhorst died on 9 July 1893. · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter and photographer.
- Known for
- Schapen in een stal and genaamd Tehuis.
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Illustration — Portrait of van Lokhorst (1870s) Dirk van Lokhorst (11 November 1818 – 9 July 1893) was a Dutch painter. He was born, lived and worked in Utrecht throughout his life, specialising in landscapes and paintings of animals. He studied under the cattle painter Albertus Verhoesen and Johannes Bilders.
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Dirk van Lokhorst (1818–1893) was a Dutch painter and photographer. The painter was born and died in Utrecht. Dirk van Lokhorst worked for de Industrie and worked in Amsterdam and Utrecht.
Works include Schapen in een stal, genaamd 'Tehuis'. Works by the painter are held at Centraal Museum, Elisabeth Orphanage Museum and Führermuseum, among others.
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Among his own pupils were his son Dirk Pieter van Lokhorst and the marine painter Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest. Although he was best known as a painter, van Lokhorst was also a portrait photographer. He established a lithographic factory in Utrecht, adding a photographic facility in 1860. He produced photo portraits and was probably one of the first to make photo lithographs in the Netherlands.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam and Utrecht. Employment is recorded with de Industrie. Works named in the authority record are Schapen in een stal, genaamd 'Tehuis'. Work by Dirk van Lokhorst is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum, Rijksmuseum, Elisabeth Orphanage Museum, Führermuseum and Wallraf–Richartz Museum.
Dirk van Lokhorst is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation photographer.
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1818
Dirk van Lokhorst was born on 11 November 1818.
1876
Schapen in een stal, genaamd 'Tehuis' (Rijksmuseum).
1893
Dirk van Lokhorst died on 9 July 1893.
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Dirk van Lokhorst was born at Utrecht.
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Dirk van Lokhorst died at Utrecht.
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Utrecht.
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Schapen in een stal, genaamd 'Tehuis'
1876 · Rijksmuseum
Shepherd with flock of sheep
1866 · Centraal Museum
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q18603272: Dirk van Lokhorst
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- “Dirk van Lokhorst”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 96470750 for Dirk van Lokhorst, aggregating national library name authorities.
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51989, 1893-10-24, WALCHREN (M. A.), colonel †; LOKHORST (Dirk van), artiste-peintre, Utrecht †, Art Sales Catalogues Online.
Lokhorst, Dirk van, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Lokhorst, Dirk Peter van, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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51989, 1893-10-24, WALCHREN (M. A.), colonel †; LOKHORST (Dirk van), artiste-peintre, Utrecht †, Art Sales Catalogues OnlineCrossref registry
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