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Thomas Simon Cool, a Dutch historical and
Thomas Simon Cool, a Dutch historical and genre painter
Genre painting (or petit genre) is the painting of genre art, which depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity ca ...
, was born at the Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
on 12 December 1831. He studied at the Hague Academy under J. E. J. van den Berg, and Baron Leys, and first distinguished himself by his 'Atala,' exhibited in 1853. He resided in Paris from 1857 to 1860, and in Antwerp from 1861 to 1865, then in Breda
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as a teacher from 1866 to 1870. He died at Dordrecht
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on 29 August 1870. Also known for "Zelfpotret", a self-portrait, "Boy and Dog in Stable" also known as "A Child feeding a dog", "A peasant girl harvesting", and "Child with Cat (1865)"
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Attribution: * 1831 births 1870 deaths Painters from The Hague Dutch genre painters Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub