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Hendrik Meijer BIOGRAPHY
1744 Amsterdam, Holland - 1793 London, England. Known for: Mural and landscape painting, decorating, drawing, printmaking, etching.
Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he... Read full biography
Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he settled in Haarlem. Meyer made a specialty of large-scale mural paintings, and in 1764 established a... Read full biography
Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he settled in Haarlem. Meyer made a specialty of large-scale mural paintings, and in 1764 established a behangelfabriek - a workshop that produced decorative wall paintings for interiors - in Haarlem. He became a member of the artist’s guild in 1769 and not long afterwards of the Haarlem Drawing... Read full biography
Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he settled in Haarlem. Meyer made a specialty of large-scale mural paintings, and in 1764 established a behangelfabriek - a workshop that produced decorative wall paintings for interiors - in Haarlem. He became a member of the artist’s guild in 1769 and not long afterwards of the Haarlem Drawing Academy, of which he served as director in 1772. Around 1774 he travelled to England in the company of his fellow artist Wijbrand Hendriks, a trip which inspired both artists to work in watercolours. On his return to Holland Meyer lived and worked in Leiden... Read full biography
Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he settled in Haarlem. Meyer made a specialty of large-scale mural paintings, and in 1764 established a behangelfabriek - a workshop that produced decorative wall paintings for interiors - in Haarlem. He became a member of the artist’s guild in 1769 and not long afterwards of the Haarlem Drawing Academy, of which he served as director in 1772. Around 1774 he travelled to England in the company of his fellow artist Wijbrand Hendriks, a trip which inspired both artists to work in watercolours. On his return to Holland Meyer lived and worked in Leiden and Amsterdam. Sometime after 1779, however, he returned to London, where he seems to have worked for the remainder... Read full biography
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Hendrick De Meyer the Younger, Hendrick Meiyer, Hendrik De Meyer
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Active as a painter, decorator, draughtsman and printmaker, Hendrik Meyer (or Meijer) the Younger was admitted to the Drawing Academy in Amsterdam in 1764, at the age of twenty. Four years later he settled in Haarlem. Meyer made a specialty of large-scale mural paintings, and in 1764 established a behangelfabriek - a workshop that produced decorative wall paintings for interiors - in Haarlem.He became a member of the artist’s guild in 1769 and not long afterwards of the Haarlem Drawing Academy, of which he served as director in 1772. Around 1774 he travelled to England in the company of his fellow artist Wijbrand Hendriks, a trip which inspired both artists to work in watercolours. On his return to Hollan...But wait, there's more...
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