Jan van Os (23 February 1744 – 7 February 1808) was a Dutch painter and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists.

Biography

Van Os was born in

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. He was taught by

Aert Schouman Aert Schouman or Aart Schouman (4 March 1710 – 5 July 1792) was an 18th-century painter, now better known as a glass engraver, from the Dutch Republic. Schouman was born in Dordrecht. When 15 years old he served as apprentice to the Dordrec ...

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, where he would spend the rest of his life. In 1773, he recorded in the painters' confraternity. In 1775, he married Susanna de La Croix, an able pastellist and the daughter of the deaf-mute portraitist Pieter Frederik de la Croix. Van Os is mostly known for his fruit and flower still life paintings, though he started his career painting seascapes. His floral still lifes were painted in the style of Jan van Huysum, with the flowers usually presented on a marble ledge against a green background. He was the father of artists Pieter van Os, Maria Margaretha van Os, and

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os (20 November 1782 The Hague – 11 July 1861 Paris), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he was a son and pupil of the painters Jan van Os and Susanna de la Croix, a ...

and grandfather to the painter

Pieter Frederik van Os Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to ...

. Jan van Os was the teacher of his children as well as Petronella van Woensel, a friend of his daughter Maria.Jan van Os in the

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File:Jan_van_Os_Still_Life_with_Flowers,_Fruits_and_Poultry.jpg, ''Still Life with Flowers, Fruits, and Poultry'', 1774 File:JanVanOsFruit69.jpg, ''Still Life with Fruit'', 1769, on display at the

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References

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