Hendrik van Oort

Hendrik van Oort (6 August 1775 in Utrecht – 17 February 1847 in Utrecht) was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.[1] Among his best known works are In the Meadow and The Shoemaker, the latter of which is on display at the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, painted some time between 1800 and 1830.[2]

The Shoemaker, (1880-1830), Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
A view of the Pieterskerk, Utrecht, (1824) private collection

Mainly a landscape painter, van Oort chose mainly quaint rural villages, small towns and rural folk as his subjects. But he also captured landscapes of cities such as Amsterdam; his landscape View of Canal, Amsterdam sold at the Amsterdam branch of Christie's on September 5, 2000, for $3,353.[3] A View Of The Sint Jan's Kerkhof was painted at Utrecht in 1824.[4] Henrik's son, Pieter van Oort, was also a noted landscape artist and architect.[5] Besides his son he taught the painter David van der Kellen Jr., who became a respected medallist and engraver.[6]

References
  1. Pfisterer, Paul (1999). Dictionary of Signatures/Signaturenlexikon: In Cooperation With Claire Pfisterer/Unter Mitarbeit Von Claire Pfisterer. Walter de Gruyter. p. 910. ISBN 978-3-11-014937-1. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. "The Shoemaker". Art UK. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. "Hendrik van Oort". Art Info. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. "A View Of The Sint Jan's Kerkhof". Artrenewal.org. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. Jeanne Terwen-De Loos; Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) (1972). Nederlandse schilders en tekenaars in de Oost, 17de-20ste eeuw. Rijksmuseum. p. 29. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  6. Hendrik van Oort in the RKD
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