Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten
Illustration — Hunebed te Valthe Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (Alkmaar; November 14, 1829 in Alkmaar — July 12, 1904 in Paris) was a Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer. He studied in Haarlem, later with Cornelis Lieste, and later in Germany, Switzerland, Tirol, Brussels and Amsterdam. In 1865 he moved to New York City, from 1870 to 1873, he moved back to Europe and in 1883 he became a member or the National Academy Museum and School.
Also recorded as Hendrick D. K. Van Elten · Kruseman Van Elten · Hendrik-Dirk Kruseman Van Elton · Kruseman Van Eltin
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection · CC0
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- 1829. · Alkmaar.
- Died
- 1904. · Paris.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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Illustration — Hunebed te Valthe Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (Alkmaar; November 14, 1829 in Alkmaar — July 12, 1904 in Paris) was a Dutch landscape painter, etcher and lithographer. He studied in Haarlem, later with Cornelis Lieste, and later in Germany, Switzerland, Tirol, Brussels and Amsterdam. In 1865 he moved to New York City, from 1870 to 1873, he moved back to Europe and in 1883 he became a member or the National Academy Museum and School.
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Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam and New York City. Work by Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art and Bakkerij Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Hendrick D. Van Elten, Kruseman Van Elten, Hendrik-Dirk Kruseman Van Elton, Kruseman Van Eltin and Hendrik Dirk Kruseman Van Elten. One child is recorded: Elisabeth Frederica Kruseman van Elten.
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Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten is recorded as painter, lithographer, printmaker, draftsperson and etcher.

The Deserted Mill, 1883, by Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of George A. Goddard

Cottage by the Sea, c. 1885, by Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of George A. Goddard
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1829
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten born at Alkmaar.
1904
Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten died at Paris.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art
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