Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795 - 1860)

Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen was a Dutch landscape painter and teacher.

Bakhuyzen studied at The Hague Academy of Art. He is known for his romantic pastoral scenes, especially paintings of livestock, with detailed landscapes.

In 1822 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam and a member of the board of the Academy of Arts in The Hague. He was later elected director of the Hague Academy. Hendrikus Bakhuyzen made a significant contribution to the Romantic period in Dutch art through his work and activities, raising many talented students and followers who founded the artistic movement known as the Hague School.

His children were also very talented: son Julius van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1835-1925) became a renowned landscape painter; daughter Gerardine Jacob van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1826-1895) became a still life painter; son Henrik Gerard van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1838-1923) became a prominent astronomer, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and director of the Leiden Observatory; son Ernest-Fredrich van de Sande Bakhuyzen was also an astronomer at the Leiden Observatory.