Moritz Calisch
Illustration — Self portrait Moritz Calisch (12 April 1819, Amsterdam – 13 March 1870, Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.
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Moritz Calisch
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- Born
- Moritz Calisch was born on 12 April 1819. · Amsterdam.
- Died
- Moritz Calisch died on 13 March 1870. · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- Moritz Calisch is recorded with the occupation painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Self portrait Moritz Calisch (12 April 1819, Amsterdam – 13 March 1870, Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Cornelis Outshoorn (1810-75). Work by Moritz Calisch is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures, Teylers Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Rijksmuseum and Museum Slot Loevestein.
According to the RKD he studied at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam under Jan Adam Kruseman and became a member of Arti et Amicitiae, where he later served as vice-chairman. In 1834 he won 150 guilders from the Drawing society of Rotterdam and a double silver medal for two paintings; A nursery visit in the family of a fisherman and Louis Bonaparte offering assistance during a flood. He is known for portraits of the Jewish elite of Amsterdam, but also for historical genre works in the romantic style of the 19th century. He was himself Jewish and three of his friends took the initiative to create a monument in his name.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Young woman in prayer, 1850, collection Teylers Museum • Illustration — Itinerant Medicine Vendor • Illustration — A Mother's Blessing, 1844
Identity
Identity
Moritz Calisch is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Classed in the genre portrait.
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1819
Moritz Calisch was born on 1 January 1819.
1870
Moritz Calisch died on 1 January 1870.
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Moritz Calisch was born at Amsterdam.
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Moritz Calisch died at Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q474331: Moritz Calisch
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Work and production. His recorded genre is portrait.
Engineer and Architect, Johanna Christina Beelenkamp (1820-90)
Wife of Cornelis Outshoorn and Twee vrouwen in Italiaanse dracht
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