Gerrit Jan Michaëlis

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis (1775, Amsterdam – 1857, Haarlem), was a painter from the Netherlands.

Biography

He was the son of the sculptor H.C. Michaëlis who studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam Royal Academy of Art) and became a member of the Amsterdam drawing society called "Tekengenootschap Zonder Wet of Spreuk".^[1] He was the pupil of George Nikolaus Ritter and Jurriaan Andriessen, and won a prize at the Amsterdam drawing academy Felix Meritis in 1805.^[1]^[2] He continued to send in examples of his art which met with success in Amsterdam competitions in the years 1808, 1810, 1813, 1814, 1816, and 1818.^[2]

He moved to Haarlem to succeed Wybrand Hendriks as the curator and live-in kastelein of the art collection at the Teylers Museum during the years 1819-1854.^[1] He is known for his landscapes and was also the director of the Haarlem Stadstekenacademie.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gerrit Jan Michaëlis in the RKD
^ ^a ^b History of art by Adriaan van der Willigen and Roeland van Eynden

External links

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis on Artnet
His sketched portrait^{[permanent dead link]} on the Rijksmuseum website by Jacob Ernst Marcus

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[RKD-1] Gerrit Jan Michaëlis in the RKD

[Willig-2] History of art by Adriaan van der Willigen and Roeland van Eynden

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