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Nicolaes Baur

Nicolaas Baur (1767–1820) was a Dutch artist.

Life

Warship 'Amsterdam' on the IJ before Amsterdam, oil painting from 1807, now at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Baur was born at Harlingen in 1767, the son of the portrait painter Hendricus Antonius Baur (1736–1817). He painted landscapes, views of cities, and moonlight and winter scenes; he was particularly successful in marine subjects. He is considered one of the best of the later Dutch marine painters. He died at Harlingen in 1820.[1]

Baur became a correspondent of the Royal Institute, predecessor to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1809.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bryan,1886-9
  2. ^ "Nicolaas Baur (1767 - 1820)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "BAUR, Nicolaas". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]

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