Hermanus van Brussel
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Hermanus van Brussel, a landscape painter and etcher, was born at Haarlem in 1763, and died at Utrecht in 1815. Among his best etchings is mentioned a set of twenty-one landscapes with figures.
Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Johan Bernhard Brandhof, Christiaan Henning and Wybrand Hendriks.[1] He later became the teacher of Woutherus Mol.[1]
He was known for his set designs for the Amsterdam Theatre and Het Loo Palace. In Haarlem he was a member of the amateur playhouse society "Kunstliefde" and made many set designs for them.
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References
- 1 2 Hermanus van Brussel in the RKD
This article incorporates text from the article "BRUSSEL, Hermanus van" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
- Hermanus van Brussel on Artnet
- Hermanus van Brussel (1763-1815) : biografie en catalogus van zijn prentwerk, by Bert Sliggers, 1999, Issue 20 of Delineavit et sculpsit