Jan van Ravenswaay (1789 - 1869)

Jan van Ravenswaay

Jan van Ravenswaay was a 19th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. He studied drawing with Jordanus Hoorn in Amstersfoort, before following lessons from Pieter Gerardus van Os. He traveled in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland before becoming a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam. He won an honorable mention for a landscape in a competition at Felix Meritis in 1818. In 1832, Jan became a member of the artist society Arti Sacrum in Rotterdam. Noteworthy among his pupils were Jacobus Theodorus Abels and Remigius Adrianus Haanen. His niece Adriana van Ravenswaay also became a painter.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:	28 november 1789, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Date and place of death:	2 march 1869, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Nationality:	The Netherlands
Period of activity:	XIX century
Specialization:	Animalist, Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Art school / group:	Arti Sacrum
Genre:	Animalistic, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel