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Cornelis Springer (1817–1891) was a Dutch 19th-century cityscape painter.


Biography

Born in Amsterdam, 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, and Jacobus van der Stok.Cornelis Springer
in the RKD
He became a member of the Amsterdam painters collective Felix Meritis 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 Order of Leopold (Belgium), 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. Springer died in Hilversum in 1891.


Paintings

File:Zwolle sint michaelskerk cornelis springer.jpg, ''Grote of Sint-Michaëlskerk in Zwolle'' (1862) File:Springer Zaltbommel Sint-Maartenskerk.jpg, ''Sint-Maartenskerk, Zaltbommel'' File:Rathaus HL 1885.jpg, ''Lübeck Town Hall'' (1885) File:Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Haven van Middelburg, 1859, Olieverf op paneel.JPG, ''Harbor of Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg'' (1859), Teylers Museum File:Cornelis Springer (1817-1891), Het Atheneum Illustre aan de Oudezijds Voorburgwal te Amsterdam, 1879, Olieverf op doek.JPG, ''The "Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, Atheneum Illustre" on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam'' (1879), Teylers Museum


References


External links


Cornelis Springer
on Artnet
C. Springer's sketchbooks and more in Teyler's MuseumCollection works in Dordrechts MuseumCornelis Springer paintings, watercolours, drawingsWorks in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
{{DEFAULTSORT:Springer, Cornelis 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