Nicolaas Baur
Appearance
Nicolaas Baur (12 September 1767 - 28 March 1820) was a Dutch artist.
Life
[edit]Baur was born at Harlingen in 1767, the son of the portrait painter Hendricus Antonius Baur (1736–1817). He painted landscapes, views of cities, and moonlight and winter scenes; he was particularly successful in marine subjects. He is considered one of the best of the later Dutch marine painters. He died at Harlingen in 1820.[1]
Baur became a correspondent of the Royal Institute, predecessor to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1809.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bryan 1886
- ^ "Nicolaas Baur (1767 - 1820)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
Sources
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Baur, Nicolaas". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
[edit]Media related to Nicolaas Baur at Wikimedia Commons