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Jordanus Hoorn

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Portrait of Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn with his scientific instruments and family, 1774

Jordanus Hoorn (1753–1833) was a painter and drawing teacher from the Netherlands.

Biography

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Hoorn was born and died in Amersfoort. According to the RKD he was the son of a cloth merchant who became a pupil of the landscape painter Gerrit Toorenburgh and who worked in Haarlem 1772-1795, including a period as drawing master for the Tekenschool voor Kunstambachten.[1][2] In 1795 under French rule, he returned to Amersfoort where he was appointed city drawing master.[2] His pupils were Jan van Ravenswaay, Jan Apeldoorn, and Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tekenschool voor Kunstambachten means Drawing school for Art professions, which was probably a part of the Oeconomische Tak of the Dutch Society of Science
  2. ^ a b c Jordanus Hoorn in the RKD