Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
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Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest (1870s)
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Dutch, English, French and American squadrons in Japanese waters, 1864
Jkhr. Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjaːkɔp ˈeːdyɑrt vɑn ˈɦeːmskɛrk vɑn beːst]; 28 February 1828 – 24 December 1894) was a Dutch painter.
Biography
Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest was born on 28 February 1828 in Kampen in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.[1]
He was originally a marine officer until 1853, whereupon he moved to Utrecht and became a painter specialized in marines.[1] He later moved to The Hague where he became a member of Hague society "De Witte" in 1872.[1] He was the first teacher of his daughter, the painter Jacoba van Heemskerck.
Van Heemskerck van Beest died, at the age of 66, in The Hague on 24 December 1894.[1]
Gallery
- ZM Steamship Medusa forces the entrance to the Strait of Simonoseki between Kioe-Sjioe and Hondo (Japan)
- A plantation camp of slaves in Surinam, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
- An Arowakka Indian camp, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
- Views of plantations on the river Surinam. Jagtlust and Suzanna's Daal, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
- Post Gelderland and Jews Savannah, Suriname, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862
References
External links
Media related to Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest at Wikimedia Commons
- Paintings by Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest at the Art UK site
- Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest on Artnet
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