Hendrik van Oort
Illustration — The Shoemaker, (1800-1830), Northampton Museum and Art Gallery • Illustration — A view of the Pieterskerk, Utrecht, (1824) private collection Hendrik van Oort (6 August 1775 in Utrecht – 17 February 1847 in Utrecht) was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands. Among his best known works are In the Meadow and The Shoemaker (1800-1830), the latter of which is on display at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery. Mainly a landscape painter, van Oort chose mainly quaint rural villages, small towns and rural folk as his subjects.
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Born at Utrecht in 1775, died in Utrecht in 1847.
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Hendrik van Oort (1775 – 1847) was a decorative painter and draughtsman. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht. Work by Hendrik van Oort is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum, Gemäldegalerie Berlin and Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.

A view of the Sint Jan's church in Utrecht; 52 x 41.5 cm (20.47" x 16.34") Private collection
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Het Munsterkerkhof met omgeving in Utrecht.
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- 1.Pfisterer, Paul. Dictionary of Signatures/Signaturenlexikon: In Cooperation With Claire Pfisterer/Unter Mitarbeit Von Claire Pfisterer. Walter de Gruyter. 910. 1999. 978-3-11-014937-1.
- 2.Art UK. The Shoemaker.
- 3.Art Info. Hendrik van Oort.
- 4.Artrenewal.org. A View Of The Sint Jan's Kerkhof.
- 5.Rijksmuseum. Nederlandse schilders en tekenaars in de Oost, 17de-20ste eeuw. 29. 1972.
- 6.Hendrik van Oort in the RKD
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