Lion Schulman (1851 - 1943)

Lion Schulman

Lion Schulman was a Dutch landscape painter of Jewish descent. Schulman was initially trained as a jeweler by his father. He was then a student of James de Rijk from 1866 to 1873. On the recommendation of "Arti et Amicitiae" he received a royal grant in 1880 for further training with Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek. Schulman opened art salons in Rotterdam, Hilversum and Laren. His son David Schulman helped him in the shop in Laren. In 1895 Schulman organized the first major exhibition of works by painters from the Laren School.

Date and place of birt:	27 march 1851, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Date and place of death:	19 february 1943, Oświęcim, Poland
Nationality:	The Netherlands
Period of activity:	XIX, XX century
Specialization:	Animalist, Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter
Art school / group:	Arti et Amicitiae, Ларенская школа живописи
Genre:	Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting, Rural landscape
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel