Hermanus van Brussel
Illustration — Landscape in stormy weather, 1794, Teylers Museum Hermanus van Brussel (1763–1815) was a Dutch landscape painter and etcher. Among his best etchings is mentioned a set of twenty-one landscapes with figures.
Also recorded as Hermanus Van Brussel · Van Bruxell · H. van Brussel · Herman of Brussels
Hermanus van Brussel
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- Born
- 1763 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1815 · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · artist · printmaker · draftsperson
- Fields
- visual arts
- Languages
- Dutch
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem and Utrecht. Work by Hermanus van Brussel is recorded in the collections of Teylers Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Museum Spakenburg (voorheen Museum 't Vurhuus).
He was born in Haarlem. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Johan Bernhard Brandhof, Christiaan Henning and Wybrand Hendriks. He later became the teacher of Woutherus Mol. He died at Utrecht in 1815. He was known for his set designs for the Amsterdam Theatre and Het Loo Palace. In Haarlem he was a member of the amateur playhouse society "Kunstliefde" and made many set designs for them. Like many Dutch painters of his time, he paid great attention to the skies in his works as the land was often relatively featureless.
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Hermanus van Brussel (8 October 1763 – 23 February 1815) was an etcher, theatrical painter, wallpaper painter, watercolourist and draughtsman. The birth of Hermanus van Brussel is recorded on 8 October 1763 in Haarlem, Netherlands, and the death on 23 February 1815 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Hermanus Van Brussel, Van Bruxell, H. van Brussel, Herman of Brussels and hermanus von brussel. His recorded language was Dutch.
Identity
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Hermanus van Brussel is recorded as painter, artist, printmaker and draftsperson.
Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van Hermanus van Brussel
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Identificatie Titel(s): Portret van Hermanus van Brussel
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Life and career
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1763
Hermanus van Brussel was born in 1763 at Haarlem.
1815
Hermanus van Brussel died in 1815 at Utrecht.
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Haarlem.
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- 1.Van Eijnden en Van der Willigen, Geschiedenis der Vaderlandsche Schilderkunst. Gearchiveerd op 20 december 2019.
- 2.Alle afbeeldingen zijn afkomstig uit de Bijzondere Collecties van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden.
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