Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek - Artist Info

About Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek

Name variants

Hermanus Barend Koekkoek, Jan Hermanus Barend Koekkoek
  • Biography

    Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek was born in Amsterdam on 16th July 1840 and died in Hilversum on 24th January 1912.

    J H B Koekkoek was born into the famous Koekkoek family. He mainly studied under his Father, Hermanus Koekkoek Snr who was the fourth son of J H Koekkoek and the younger brother of Barend Cornelius Koekkoek.

    J H B Koekkoek became a very well-known painter of landscapes and marine scenes in his own right and was a member of the Amsterdam Academy of Art. He lived and worked in Amsterdam in 1859, on the Nieuwer-Amstel between 1860 and 1864 and thereafter moved to Hilversum, where he eventually died.

    He exhibited in Hilversum in 1910 and received an honor and distinction for the work that he exhibited the...

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