Hendrik Jacobus Scholten

Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (11 July 1824, Amsterdam – 29 May 1907, Heemstede), was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Petrus Franciscus Greive and Lambertus Johannes Hansen.^[1] In 1852 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam, and was a member of the Amsterdam art societies Arti et Amicitiae, Kunstbevorderend Genootschap V.W., and Vereeniging Sint Lucas.^[1] He was also a member of art societies in other towns, such as the Pulchri studio in the Hague, the Schilder- en teekengenootschap Kunstliefde in Utrecht, and Kunst zij ons doel in Haarlem.^[1] He became art curator of the Teylers Stichting in 1872, which manages the art collection of the Teylers Museum.^[1] In that capacity he wrote a catalog of the museum's collection, that was published in 1904.^[2]

He painted several paintings that hang in the museum's galleries, as well as decorations in the Teyler's fundatiehuis, where he lived and worked from 1863 until his death.

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  Elegant lady smelling roses
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  Circus workers
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  Flowers and cherubs in ceiling of Teyler's fundatiehuis

He is known for various drawings, illustrations and paintings, including landscapes, flower and pastoral scenes, and was a follower of Pieter de Hooch in his interior scenes.^[1] He contributed illustrations for the Dutch history book "De voornaamste geschiedenissen van Noord-Nederland" by Jacob van Lennep.^[1] Works by him hang in the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum.^[1] He became the teacher of Jacobus van Looy.^[1]

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