Conradijn Cunaeus
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| Born | 1 November 1828 |
| Died | 5 September 1895 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
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Conradijn Cunaeus (1828–1895) was a Dutch animalier painter and lithographer.
Life
[edit]Cunaeus was born on 1 November 1828 in Dendermonde, which at that time was in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.[1] He studied at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam from 1844 to 1849,[2][1] and also under Nicolaas Pieneman. He lived from 1854 to 1868 in Koudekerk aan den Rijn, from 1870 to 1888 in Amsterdam, and thereafter in the former municipality of Nieuwer-Amstel on the outskirts of Amsterdam. He died there on 5 September 1895.[1]
Work
[edit]He was principally a painter of animals, particularly of dogs;[3]: 194 he also painted landscapes with figures, hunting and mountain scenes, interiors and genre paintings.[4] He worked in oils and in watercolour, and made drawings and lithographs.[1][3]: 194
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Hunting Companions, 1860, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam -
Elephas maximus, print, 1849, in the collections of the University of Amsterdam
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d RKD Artists: Conradijn Cunaeus. The Hague: RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History. Accessed January 2025.
- ^ Pieter A. Scheen (1969). Conradijn Cunaeus (in Dutch). In: Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750-1950, volume 1, A-L. 's Gravenhage: Scheen.
- ^ a b Ulrich Thieme (editor) (1913). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Achter Band, Coutan–Delattre (in German). Leipzig: E. A. Seemann.
- ^ Cunaeus, Conradyn or Conradijn. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00045226. (subscription required).