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Cornelius Zwaan BIOGRAPHY
1882 Amsterdam, Holland - 1964. Known for: Portrait, genre, interior, landscape.
The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who rarely exhibited his work while he was alive because he felt out of touch with the dominant modernism... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who rarely exhibited his work while he was alive because he felt out of touch with the dominant modernism of his time. He attended the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with a scholarship provided by Queen Wilhelmina. His paintings began to find a ready market in the United States by 1909, and this success... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who rarely exhibited his work while he was alive because he felt out of touch with the dominant modernism of his time. He attended the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with a scholarship provided by Queen Wilhelmina. His paintings began to find a ready market in the United States by 1909, and this success caused him and his wife to move to America in 1910. They lived in various locales and received portrait commissions from prominent persons including industrialists, bankers, political figures and social celebrities in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee,... Read full biography
The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who rarely exhibited his work while he was alive because he felt out of touch with the dominant modernism of his time. He attended the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with a scholarship provided by Queen Wilhelmina. His paintings began to find a ready market in the United States by 1909, and this success caused him and his wife to move to America in 1910. They lived in various locales and received portrait commissions from prominent persons including industrialists, bankers, political figures and social celebrities in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit where he was living at the time of his death. In 1923, he became a United States citizen. Painting a portrait of Queen... Read full biography
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Cornelius Christiaan Zwann
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The following biography is based on information provided by McGuire Fine Art of Northville, Michigan.
Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Cornelis Zwaan became a portrait, landscape and genre painter who rarely exhibited his work while he was alive because he felt out of touch with the dominant modernism of his time.
He attended the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with a scholarship provided by Queen Wilhelmina. His paintings began to find a ready market in the United States by 1909, and this success caused him and his wife to move to America in 1910. They lived in various locales and received portrait commissions from prominent persons including industrialists, bankers, political figures and social celebrities in New York, Chicago,...But wait, there's more...
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