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Barend Cornelis Koekkoek BiographyDutch Realist painter, draftsman & writerborn 1803 - died 1862 Also known as: Barend Cornelius Koekkoek.
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Dutch painter, one of the most important landscape artists of his generation. Barend Cornelis Koekkoek received his first lessons from his father, Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778-1851), and also studied at the Tekenacademie in Middelburg. Subsequently he became a pupil at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie under Jean Augustin Daiwaille (1786-1850). Barend Cornelis Koekkoek first participated in an exhibition in 1820. Between 1826 and 1834 he travelled constantly, visiting the Harz Mountains, the Rhine and the Ruhr. His first great success came in 1829 when he won the gold medal of the Amsterdam society Felix Meritis with Landscape with a Rainstorm Threatening (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum). The Barend Cornelis Koekkoek painting is notable for its accurate and sober study of nature; it marked Koekkoek’s commitment to a style of landscape divorced both from the predominantly topographical approach of the 18th century and from the flat and decorative manner of contemporary mural painting. |
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| Barend Cornelis Koekkoek married the artist Elize Therese Daiwaille and moved to Cleve with her in 1834. The Rhine landscape and the forests of Cleve had been held dear by artists since the 17th century and Koekkoek was also inspired by them. They matched his image of the perfect landscape and it was in Cleve that Koekkoek's style reached maturity. He painted many landscapes here ranging from extensive river valleys to forest views dominated by one or more oak trees and these Barend Cornelis Koekkoek paintings earned him great fame. The artist had many wealthy patrons from the rich merchant classes in Holland and in 1839 King Willem III bought A View of a Forest with Cattle, a large oil painting that was rewarded with a gold medal at the Hague Salon held that same year. |
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The Russian Tsar Alexander II was so impressed by this work that Barend Cornelis Koekkoek commissioned an identical one from
the artist, which illustrated how quickly
Koekkoek gained an international reputation.
King Willem III commissioned a series of
landscapes by Koekkoek which further
enhanced the artist's reputation. Barend Cornelis Koekkoek is without doubt the most important landscape painter of the Dutch Romantic movement. During his lifetime Barend Cornelis Koekkoek came to be known as 'Prince of landscape painting' and up to this day his role as leader of this genre remains unchallenged. |
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