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Theophile De Bock BIOGRAPHY
1851 Netherlands - 1904. Known for: Hague School tonalist landscape painting.
Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray... Read full biography
Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks... Read full biography
Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks "artistic temperament",[1] although he eventually found his choice of subject too limited and tried to get De Bock to paint figure studies. But De Bock stuck to the subject he was good at, the Dutch... Read full biography
Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks "artistic temperament",[1] although he eventually found his choice of subject too limited and tried to get De Bock to paint figure studies. But De Bock stuck to the subject he was good at, the Dutch landscapes. Born in The Hague, Theophile De Bock started out as a clerk for the Dutch Railway Company, but then turned to painting full time, when the work interfered with his drawing. He trained in The Hague under the landscape painters J.W. van Borsselen,... Read full biography
Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks "artistic temperament",[1] although he eventually found his choice of subject too limited and tried to get De Bock to paint figure studies. But De Bock stuck to the subject he was good at, the Dutch landscapes. Born in The Hague, Theophile De Bock started out as a clerk for the Dutch Railway Company, but then turned to painting full time, when the work interfered with his drawing. He trained in The Hague under the landscape painters J.W. van Borsselen, J.H. Weissenbruch and Jacob Maris. He also spent time with Willem Maris and probably was one his students as well. In 1880, De Bock trave... Read full biography
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Emile Theodore Archille, Theophile Emile Achille De Bock
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Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (14 January 1851, in The Hague - 22 November 1904, in Haarlem) was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks "artistic temperament",[1] although he eventually found his choice of subject too limited and tried to get De Bock to paint figure studies. But De Bock stuck to the subject he was good at, the Dutch landscapes.
Born in The Hague, Theophile De Bock started out as a clerk for the Dutch Railway Company, but then turned to painting full time, when the work interfered with his drawing. He trained in The Hague under the landscape painters J.W. van Borss...But wait, there's more...
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