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1855 Haarlem, Netherlands - 1930 Haarlem, Netherlands. Known for: Painting.
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (September 12, 1855, Haarlem - February 24, 1930, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter and writer. Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight... Read full biography
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (September 12, 1855, Haarlem - February 24, 1930, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter and writer. Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterward, he... Read full biography
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (September 12, 1855, Haarlem - February 24, 1930, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter and writer. Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterward, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. He trained to become a house painter, but was able to follow drawing classes, from 1877 at the "Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten" in Amsterdam. In 1884,... Read full biography
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (September 12, 1855, Haarlem - February 24, 1930, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter and writer. Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterward, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. He trained to become a house painter, but was able to follow drawing classes, from 1877 at the "Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten" in Amsterdam. In 1884, he received the Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel. The years 1885-86 he spent traveling through Italy, Spain, and Morocco. There he began to draw sketches, which are collected in two volumes. Until 1894 he lived in Amsterdam, when he married... Read full biography
Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (September 12, 1855, Haarlem - February 24, 1930, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter and writer. Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterward, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. He trained to become a house painter, but was able to follow drawing classes, from 1877 at the "Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten" in Amsterdam. In 1884, he received the Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel. The years 1885-86 he spent traveling through Italy, Spain, and Morocco. There he began to draw sketches, which are collected in two volumes. Until 1894 he lived in Amsterdam, when he married Titia van Gelder and moved to Soest. In 1901, he spent another year in Spain and Morocco... Read full biography
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Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour