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 in

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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

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, with the flowers usually presented on a marble ledge against a green background. He was the father of artists

Pieter van Os Pieter Gerardus van Os (8 October 1776 – 28 March 1839) was a Dutch painter and engraver and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists. Van Os was born in The Hague the son of Jan van Os. He studied with his father and from 1794 to 1 ...

, 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 Northern Netherlands. Biography According to the RKD he was a son and pupil of the painters Jan van Os and Susanna de ...

and grandfather to the painter Pieter Frederik van Os. 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 RKD 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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