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Anton Abraham van Anrooy (11 January 1870 – 13 February 1949) was a Dutch

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and illustrator,

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as British.

Life

Van Anrooy was born in

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 ...

in the Netherlands,BritishMuseum.org: collection - Anton van Anrooy
/ref> son of Peter Gysbert van Anrooy and his wife Josephine Maria Louisa.Home Office, Naturalisation certificates - Anton Abraham van Anrooy (via Ancestry.com at Wikipedia Library)
/ref> He studied architecture at Delft Polytechnic (now the

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

) until 1892 and then art in evening classes at the

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague The Royal Academy of Art (, KABK) is an art and design academy in The Hague, offering programs at both the Education in the Netherlands, HBO bachelor's and master's levels, as well as PhD programs. Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (pa ...

, where he was taught by Adolf le Comte, Frits Jansen and Paul Tetar van Elven,RKD.nl: RKDartists - Anton Abraham van Anrooy
/ref> until 1896, when he moved to London, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was naturalised as a British citizen in 1915. During

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he was an official

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for the Netherlands. He was later awarded the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...

. He painted in oils, watercolours and pastels, producing mostly portraits, interiors and still lifes. He also designed

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s, particularly for the railway companies

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and GWR. One of his best known works is his 1928 poster showing the Amsterdam Marathon Tower advertising rail travel to the 1928 Olympics from

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. His work was part of the art competitions at the

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, to which he submitted a portrait of

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, and the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

. In the last decade of his life he was much interested in

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and its advancement. He was elected a member of the

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London. History In 1831, the ...

(RI) in 1915. He also exhibited at the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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.Art UK: Anton Abraham van Anrooy
/ref> He married Rach(a)el Stewart Sharp Keith (1879–1973) in 1912 but had no children.

Selected works

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

: ::''A Canal at Amersfoort'' (watercolour, 1901) ::''The Broads: 200 Miles of Safe Inland Waterways'' (LNER poster, c. 1923–1924) ::''Delft via Harwich & Hook of Holland'' (LNER poster, c. 1924) * Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: ::''Portrait of Pangeran Ario Soejono, Minister without Portfolio in War Cabinet in London'' (oil on canvas, nd) ::''Study of the Entire Composition for the (Unfinished) Painting of the Dutch Court in London, June 1942'' (pencil drawing, 1942) * UCL Art Museum: ::''Donald James Mackay (1839–1921), KT, FBA, Lord Reay'' (oil on canvas, 1919) *

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: ::''Donald James Mackay (1839–1921), KT, FBA, 11th Baron Reay'' (oil on canvas, 1913) *

National Trust for Scotland The National Trust for Scotland () is a Scottish Building preservation and conservation trusts in the UK, conservation organisation. It is the largest membership organisation in Scotland and describes itself as "the charity that cares for, sha ...

( Pitmedden Garden): ::''Interior with Woman Reading'' (oil on canvas, c. 1930) *

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:Art UK: Interior of St David's Cathedral
/ref> ::''The Interior of St David's Cathedral'' (oil on board, 1921)

External links

TravelPostersOnline.com: Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall

Life

Selected works

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