Johannes van Bronckhorst
Johannes van Bronckhorst (1648–1727) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Johannes van Bronckhorst | |
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 An Assembly of Exotic Birds | |
| Born | Johannes Pietersz 1648 |
| Died | 1727 (aged 78–79) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Painting |
Life
According to Houbraken, he learned to paint from his father Pieter van Bronckhorst, who died when he was thirteen. The young Bronckhorst was sent to work as a pastry baker for a cousin in Haarlem. He drew as a hobby, and it remained a hobby until he moved back to Hoorn to get married.
Work
He specialized in painting plants, birds, and insects. Although he remained a pastry baker, he did very well with his watercolours, which were published in engravings and commemorated with a poem by Johannes Vollenhove.[1]
His pupils were Hendrik Graauw and Herman Henstenburgh.[2] Both Bronckhorst and Herman Henstenburgh worked for the Mennonite art collector and horticulturalist Agnes Block for whom they painted animals, insects and plants from her garden.
References
- (in Dutch) Johannes Bronkhorst biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- RKD entry on Johannes van Bronckhorst
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