Born in London, the senior member and best known of a family of painters, Abraham Hulk studied in Holland at the Amsterdam Academy under portrait painter Jean Augustin Daiwaille. He is one of the very few only foreign-born artists ever to be admitted to this prestigious academy. Early on he turned from portraits to marine painting.

Hulk taught his three sons, his brother and Adrianus David Hilleveld. His works are in the line of 17th century Netherlandish marine painting and are stylistically close to Johannes Christiaan Schotel and Louis Meijer. In his later works the influence of the looser English Brushstroke can be perceived

Hulk is often mistakenly referred to as a Dutch artist due to the strong Dutch influe...