Richard Bisschop (21 June 1849 in

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– 22 March 1926 in

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) was a Dutch painter, graphic artist and

watercolorist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting metho ...

Biography

His father was a hardware merchant. Bisschop originally trained to be an engineer, but was always interested in art because his uncle,

Christoffel Bisschop Christoffel Bisschop (22 April 1828 – 5 October 1904) was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures. Biography He was born in Leeuwarden. His father was a prominent merchant. He had several teachers: in Le ...

and aunt,

Kate Bisschop-Swift Catharina Seaton Foreman Bisschop-Swift, known as Kate (1834-1928) was an English-born Dutch painter, known primarily for her domestic scenes and still-lifes. Biography She was largely self-taught. In the late 1860s, she took some lessons from th ...

were painters. At the age of twenty-two, he decided to follow their example and take up art professionally.Biographical notes
@ AskArt. He began his studies with his uncle, then attended the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts (now the

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) and specialized in

genre scenes Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

, portraits, cityscapes and interiors; especially churches. When the painter

Johannes Bosboom Johannes Bosboom (18 February 1817 – 14 September 1891) was a Dutch painter and watercolorist of the Hague School, known especially for his paintings of church interiors. Biography He was born in The Hague. At the age of 14 he became a student ...

died in 1891, Bisschop was permitted to paint him while he was lying in his coffin and make a sketch of his workshop. He worked successively in Rotterdam and

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, where he became a member of the

Pulchri Studio Pulchri Studio (Latin language, Latin:"For the study of beauty") is a Dutch art society, art institution and art studio based in The Hague ('s-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This institute began in 1847 at the home of painter Netherlandse kunstschil ...

. In 1892, he married the artist

Suze Robertson Suze Robertson (17 December 1855 – 18 October 1922) was a Dutch painter. She belonged to a group of artists known as the Amsterdamse Joffers. Biography Suze Robertson was born to a family of merchants. Her mother died when she was two and she ...

, one of the

Amsterdamse Joffers The Amsterdamse Joffers were a group of women artists who met weekly in Amsterdam at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. They supported each other in their professional careers. Most of them were students of the Rijksakademie ...

. Their daughter, , also became a painter of interiors, animals and marine scenes. In addition to several Dutch museums, many of his works were acquired by the

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in New York (now a division of

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Engraving of Bisschop (1919)
by Simon Moulijn (1866-1948) @ Geheugen van Nederland.
Photograph of Bisschop
in his studio (c.1907) 1849 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch genre painters Cityscape artists Artists from Leeuwarden 19th-century Dutch male artists 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub