Hendrik Jacobus Scholten

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (11 July 1824, Amsterdam – 29 May 1907, Heemstede), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.

Self portrait, 1904

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Petrus Franciscus Greive and Lambertus Johannes Hansen.[1] In 1852 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam, and was a member of the Amsterdam art societies Arti et Amicitiae, Kunstbevorderend Genootschap V.W., and Vereeniging Sint Lucas.[1] He was also a member of art societies in other towns, such as the Pulchri studio in the Hague, the Schilder- en teekengenootschap Kunstliefde in Utrecht, and Kunst zij ons doel in Haarlem.[1] He became art curator of the Teylers Stichting in 1872, which manages the art collection of the Teylers Museum.[1] In that capacity he wrote a catalog of the museum's collection, that was published in 1904.[2]

He painted several paintings that hang in the museum's galleries, as well as decorations in the Teyler's fundatiehuis, where he lived and worked from 1863 until his death.

  • Elegant lady smelling roses
  • Circus workers
  • Flowers and cherubs in ceiling of Teyler's fundatiehuis

He is known for various drawings, illustrations and paintings, including landscapes, flower and pastoral scenes, and was a follower of Pieter de Hooch in his interior scenes.[1] He contributed illustrations for the Dutch history book "De voornaamste geschiedenissen van Noord-Nederland" by Jacob van Lennep.[1] Works by him hang in the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum.[1] He became the teacher of Jacobus van Looy.[1]

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References
  1. Hendrik Jacobus Scholten in the RKD
  2. Musée Teyler à Haarlem. Catalogue raisonné des dessins des écoles française et hollandaise, by H.J. Scholten, Haarlem 1904
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