Jacob Maris
Jacob Henricus Maris was a Dutch painter, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters. He was considered to be the most important and influential Dutch landscape painter of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His first teacher was painter J.A.B.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- The Hague
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of ArtRoyal Academy of Fine ArtsHaagsche Teekenacademie
- Awards
- 🏆 Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
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Trending topics shown first"images of paintings and drawings by Jacob Maris, in the RijksStudio of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam"
"Almost all new French art has for me a flat, empty character without any distance and depth in colors. The paintings look like white sheets of paper with colors on it."
"The Brothers Maris , ed. Charles Holme; text: D.C. Thomson; publishers: Offices of 'The Studio', London - Paris, 1907"
"When I am tired of long, straight roof lines, why should I not introduce a cupola, especially where the cloud formation requires its support?. .Why should I not build my own towns to suit myself?"
"On the other hand, I am accused of not finishing my paintings, no matter how much time I spent to my airs. Well, 'finished' in the common sense of the word, they are certainly not! Finishing in that s…"
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Timeline
1837
Born
Birth1899
Died
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