Dirk Johannes van Haaren (April 21, 1878,

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– June 30, 1953, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter. Dirk Johannes van Haaren lived and worked in Amsterdam and in Sloten, North Holland. He was an autodidact and made watercolors as well as oil paintings. Is regarded as follower of the renowned

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. He painted mainly landscapes, often with water, windmills and cattle, views of the city of Amsterdam and, in his later phase, horses and riders. He was a member of ''Arti et Amicitiae'' and the

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, both in Amsterdam. van Haaren's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

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'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam.

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1878 births 1953 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub