
Cornelis Springer (1817–1891) was a Dutch 19th-century cityscape painter.
Biography
Born in
Amsterdam
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, he was a pupil of his father, the carpenter Willem Springer (1778–1857). He was a pupil of the painters
Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate,
Kasparus Karsen
Kaspar, or Kasparus Karsen (April 2, 1810 in Amsterdam – July 24, 1896 in Biebrich near Wiesbaden, Germany) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialised in townscapes.
Biography
He was a pupil of Hendrik Gerri ...
, and
Jacobus van der Stok.
[Cornelis Springer]
in the RKD He became a member of the Amsterdam painters collective
Felix Meritis
Felix Meritis ("Happy through Merit") is the name of an intellectual society in Amsterdam, but subsequently used for the building they built for themselves on the Keizersgracht.
History
It was built according to a winning design by the arch ...
and won a gold medal for a painting of a church interior in 1847.
[ He is known for watercolors, etchings, and drawings, especially of city views and town scenes that he sketched while traveling around the country.][ He was awarded the Leopold order of Belgium in 1865, and in 1878 he was invited with Jozef Israëls to advise the Dutch Ministry of Public Affairs on the plans for the ]Rijksmuseum
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.[
Springer died in ]Hilversum
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in 1891.
Paintings
File:Zwolle sint michaelskerk cornelis springer.jpg, ''Grote of Sint-Michaëlskerk in Zwolle
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'' (1862)
File:Springer Zaltbommel Sint-Maartenskerk.jpg, ''Sint-Maartenskerk, Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.
History
The city of Zaltbommel
The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received ...
''
File:Rathaus HL 1885.jpg, ''Lübeck
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Town Hall'' (1885)
File:Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Haven van Middelburg, 1859, Olieverf op paneel.JPG, ''Harbor of Middelburg'' (1859), Teylers Museum
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File:Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Het Atheneum Illustre aan de Oudezijds Voorburgwal te Amsterdam, 1879, Olieverf op doek.JPG, ''The " Atheneum Illustre" on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam'' (1879), Teylers Museum
References
External links
Cornelis Springer
on Artnet
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C. Springer's sketchbooks and more in Teyler's Museum
Collection works in Dordrechts Museum
Cornelis Springer paintings, watercolours, drawings
Works in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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1817 births
1891 deaths
19th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Painters from Amsterdam
Teylers Museum
19th-century male artists
19th-century Dutch male artists