Valentijn Bing
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Valentijn Bing (22 April 1812, Amsterdam - 28 January 1895, Nieuwpoort) was a Dutch painter, illustrator, and lithographer. His works included genre scenes, religious art, portraits, and cityscapes.
Life and work
[edit]He was the son of Andreas Christoph Bing, a merchant, and his English wife, Mary Ann née Barton.[1] After completing secondary school, he studied at the Koninklijke Akademie , where his primary instructor was Jan Adam Kruseman.
He made his entry into the art world by participating in the Exhibition of Living Masters. In 1839, he became a member of Arti et Amicitiae. From 1843, he was a teacher at the Akademie. For his 25th anniversary, in 1868, he was awarded a silver medal by Johann Wilhelm Kaiser , Director of the Akademie's engraving school. His most familiar students include Jacques Carabain, Adrianus David Hilleveld , Jan Portielje, and Marie Wandscheer.
Together with his fellow lithographer, Jan Braet von Überfeldt , he wrote and illustrated Nederlandsche kleederdragten, naar de natuur geteekend (1857), on the traditional costumes of the Netherlands. They also produced two instructional books on drawing, in 1863 and 1866.[2]
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He remained unmarried and lived with his sisters in Amsterdam, until he was fifty-one. That year, he married Antonia Johanna Heiligers (1835-1897), from Bleskensgraaf, who was thirteen years his junior. They had several children. In 1891, they moved to Bleskensgraaf, but stayed there for only a short time, then moved to Nieuwpoort, where he died, aged eighty-two.
References
[edit]- ^ Christiaan Kramm and Johannes Immerzeel, De Levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, B.M. Israël, 1974
- ^ Wiebe Keikes, "Naar de natuur getekend in 1857", In: Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode, 5 July 1990.
Further reading
[edit]- "Bing, Valentin". In: Hermann Alexander Müller: Biographisches Künstler-Lexikon. Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig 1882, pg.52
- "Bing, Valentin", In: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 4: Bida–Brevoort, Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910 (Online)
- "Bing, Valentijn", In: Pieter A. Scheen: Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, 1750–1880. Den Haag 1981, S. 43 f.
External links
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- Entry on Valentijn Bing @ the ARTindex Lexicon
- More works by Bing @ ArtNet