Jan Jacob Spohler

Winter landscape, collection Teylers Museum

Jan Jacob Spohler (1811 in Nederhorst den Berg – 1866 in Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Jan Willem Pieneman and became a member of the Koninklijke Academie in Amsterdam in 1845.[1] He is known for winter landscapes and became the father of the painters Jacob Jan Coenraad Spohler and Johannes Franciscus Spohler.[1] He worked in Amsterdam from 1830-1839 (where he later returned and lived from 1861 onwards), Haarlem 1840-1843, Brussels 1844-1847 (and briefly again in 1853), The Hague 1848-1849, Leiden 1850-1860, and Rotterdam 1854-1855.[1] In addition to his sons he taught the painter Willem Vester.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jan Jacob Spohler in the RKD
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