Thomas Simon Cool
Illustration — Peter Marius Tutein Nolthenius, 1853 Thomas Simon Cool (12 December 1831 – 29 August 1870) was a Dutch historical and genre painter. He known for "Zelfpotret", a self-portrait, "Boy and Dog in Stable" also known as "A Child feeding a dog", "A peasant girl harvesting", and "Child with Cat (1865)" He was born at the Hague on 12 December 1831. He studied at the Hague Academy under J. J. van den Berg, and Baron Leys, and first distinguished himself by his 'Atala,' exhibited in 1853.
Thomas Simon Cool
Thomas Simon Cool · Het geslacht Nolthenius (Tutein Nolthenius) / R.P.J. Tutein Nolthenius. - Joh. Enschedé en Zonen: Haarlem, 1914 / 1930. - kaarten, prenten, foto's · Public domain
- Died
- 1870. · Dordrecht.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Fields
- genre.
- Education
- Royal Academy of Art.
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Illustration — Peter Marius Tutein Nolthenius, 1853 Thomas Simon Cool (12 December 1831 – 29 August 1870) was a Dutch historical and genre painter. He known for "Zelfpotret", a self-portrait, "Boy and Dog in Stable" also known as "A Child feeding a dog", "A peasant girl harvesting", and "Child with Cat (1865)" He was born at the Hague on 12 December 1831. He studied at the Hague Academy under J. J. van den Berg, and Baron Leys, and first distinguished himself by his 'Atala,' exhibited in 1853.
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He resided in Paris from 1857 to 1860, and in Antwerp from 1861 to 1865, then in Breda as a teacher from 1866 to 1870. He died in Dordrecht on 29 August 1870.
Thomas Simon Cool studied at Royal Academy of Art. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, The Hague and Antwerp. Work by Thomas Simon Cool is recorded in the collections of Fries Museum and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
Portrait of Johanna Tutein Nolthenius, born Koopmans (1827-1855)
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