Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (21 October 1810 – 17 July 1875) was a 19th-century painter from the

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Biography

He was born in

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, and had one brother,

Reinier Craeyvanger Reinier Craeyvanger (29 February 1812 in Utrecht – 10 January 1880 in Amsterdam), was a 19th-century Dutch painter and etcher who was also a gifted musician. Biography He was born in Utrecht as the younger brother of Gijsbertus and the son of ...

.Gijsbertus Craeyvanger
in the

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He was a pupil of

Jan Willem Pieneman Jan Willem Pieneman (; 4 November 1779 – 8 April 1853) was a Dutch painter. Biography Jan Willem Pieneman was born on 4 November 1779 in Abcoude in the Dutch Republic (present-day Netherlands). Initially, he worked as a salesman, but also t ...

at the

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in Amsterdam, and later became a teacher at a drawing school in Utrecht. His most notable pupil was

Albert Neuhuys Johannes Albert Neuhuys (10 June 1844 – 6 February 1914) was one of the best-known painters of the Laren School and a friend of many of the Hague School painters. Biography Neuhuys was born in Utrecht. He went to the Municipal Drawing Schoo ...

. Though he is known for landscapes, he also painted figures in the landscapes of Carel Jacobus Behr. Craeyvanger died in

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Gijsbertus Craeyvanger
on

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1810 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch landscape painters Painters from Utrecht (city) 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub