Maurits Leon (1838 - 1865) - photo 1

Maurits Leon

Maurits Leon was a Dutch history and genre painter. Leon studied from 1853 to 1854 at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague under the direction of Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove, Hubertus van Hove, David Bles and Petrus Franciscus Greive. He dealt with genre painting, especially motifs from the Jewish cult. In 1859 he visited Antwerp, from 1860 to 1865 he lived in Amsterdam, in 1865 he returned to The Hague. At the Amsterdam Exhibition in 1865 he won a gold medal for his "Dissolution of the Sacred Scroll of the Law". From 1859 he took part in exhibitions in The Hague and Leeuwarden.

Date and place of birt:10 april 1838, Haag, The Netherlands
Date and place of death:7 october 1865, Haag, The Netherlands
Nationality:The Netherlands
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Painter
Genre:Genre art, History painting
Art style:Realism
Technique:Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators The Netherlands

Floris van Schooten (1585 - 1656)
Floris van Schooten
1585 - 1656
Roelof Jansz van Vries (1631 - 1701)
Roelof Jansz van Vries
1631 - 1701
Dick De Groot (1920 - 2019)
Dick De Groot
1920 - 2019
Gerard Houckgeest (1600 - 1661)
Gerard Houckgeest
1600 - 1661
Willem Key (1516 - 1568)
Willem Key
1516 - 1568
Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755 - 1842)
Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun
1755 - 1842
Johannes Borman (1620 - 1679)
Johannes Borman
1620 - 1679
Jeronymus van Diest (1631 - 1687)
Jeronymus van Diest
1631 - 1687
Jacob de Heusch (1656 - 1701)
Jacob de Heusch
1656 - 1701
Pieter Jansz. Quast (1606 - 1647)
Pieter Jansz. Quast
1606 - 1647
Dirk Maes (1659 - 1717)
Dirk Maes
1659 - 1717
Johannes Hendrikus Moesman (1909 - 1988)
Johannes Hendrikus Moesman
1909 - 1988
Petrus Kiers (1807 - 1875)
Petrus Kiers
1807 - 1875
Théophile de Bock (1851 - 1904)
Théophile de Bock
1851 - 1904
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795 - 1860)
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen
1795 - 1860
Adriaen van de Velde (1636 - 1672)
Adriaen van de Velde
1636 - 1672

Creators Realism

Carl Steffeck (1818 - 1890)
Carl Steffeck
1818 - 1890
Louis Van Lint (1909 - 1986)
Louis Van Lint
1909 - 1986
Johannes Harders (1871 - 1950)
Johannes Harders
1871 - 1950
Julius Umbach (1815 - 1877)
Julius Umbach
1815 - 1877
Roberto Bernardi (1974)
Roberto Bernardi
1974
Markus Matthias Krüger (1981)
Markus Matthias Krüger
1981
Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861 - 1944)
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
1861 - 1944
Ivan Fyodorovich Seleznyov (1856 - 1936)
Ivan Fyodorovich Seleznyov
1856 - 1936
Paul Jouve (1878 - 1973)
Paul Jouve
1878 - 1973
Adolf Lins (1856 - 1927)
Adolf Lins
1856 - 1927
Walter Westley Russell (1867 - 1949)
Walter Westley Russell
1867 - 1949
Francis Prout Mahony (1862 - 1916)
Francis Prout Mahony
1862 - 1916
Bryan Hook (1856 - 1924)
Bryan Hook
1856 - 1924
William Keith (1838 - 1911)
William Keith
1838 - 1911
Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal) (1783 - 1842)
Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal)
1783 - 1842
Alexandra Yegorovna Makovskaya (1837 - 1915)
Alexandra Yegorovna Makovskaya
1837 - 1915
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