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He came from a painting family and was a cousin of [[Ferdinand Kobell]] and [[Franz Kobell]], German painters and brothers.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/45182 Hendrik Kobell] in the [[RKD]]</ref> His father was a pottery merchant, and though he was not a professional artist, he trained his son in drawing, who loved to draw ships in the port of Rotterdam. The younger Kobell was finally able to take a journey in one when his father arranged some business he could attend to in [[London]] in 1779. There he conducted his business while drawing all sorts of ships and boats, and when he returned to the Northern Netherlands in 1770, he gave up the pottery business to study art in Amsterdam.<ref name=RKD/> He studied for two years under [[Jacob de Vos]] and [[Cornelis Ploos van Amstel]] with such success that he was elected a member of the ''[[Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam|Stadstekenacademie]]'' (Amsterdam drawing academy).<ref name=RKD/> He travelled to Paris in 1772 and in 1772 settled in Rotterdam, where he helped set up a similar drawing academy; ''Genootschap Hierdoor tot Hooger''.<ref name=RKD/> |
He came from a painting family and was a cousin of [[Ferdinand Kobell]] and [[Franz Kobell]], German painters and brothers.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/45182 Hendrik Kobell] in the [[RKD]]</ref> His father was a pottery merchant, and though he was not a professional artist, he trained his son in drawing, who loved to draw ships in the port of Rotterdam. The younger Kobell was finally able to take a journey in one when his father arranged some business he could attend to in [[London]] in 1779. There he conducted his business while drawing all sorts of ships and boats, and when he returned to the Northern Netherlands in 1770, he gave up the pottery business to study art in Amsterdam.<ref name=RKD/> He studied for two years under [[Jacob de Vos]] and [[Cornelis Ploos van Amstel]] with such success that he was elected a member of the ''[[Stadstekenacademie, Amsterdam|Stadstekenacademie]]'' (Amsterdam drawing academy).<ref name=RKD/> He travelled to Paris in 1772 and in 1772 settled in Rotterdam, where he helped set up a similar drawing academy; ''Genootschap Hierdoor tot Hooger''.<ref name=RKD/> |
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[[File:Kobell Dortsche Kil.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Ships and boats along the coast in the ''Dortse Kil'', c. 1772/73]] |
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[[File:H.M. Ship 'Queen' at the King's Dock Woolwich RMG PY4030 (cropped).jpg|thumb|HMS ''Queen'' at the King's Dock Woolwich in 1771]] |
[[File:H.M. Ship 'Queen' at the King's Dock Woolwich RMG PY4030 (cropped).jpg|thumb|HMS ''Queen'' at the King's Dock Woolwich in 1771]] |
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He painted in oils and watercolors, doing landscapes and marines. His work is distinguished by skillful manipulation and lifelike depiction. His work as a draftsman and etcher was also notable. He was esteemed for his numerous drawings, executed in pen and heightened with [[India ink]]. |
He painted in oils and watercolors, doing landscapes and marines. His work is distinguished by skillful manipulation and lifelike depiction. His work as a draftsman and etcher was also notable. He was esteemed for his numerous drawings, executed in pen and heightened with [[India ink]]. |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 10 December 2022
Hendrik Kobell (13 September 1751 – 3 August 1779) was an 18th-century landscape and marine painter, etcher, draftsman and watercolorist from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
[edit]He came from a painting family and was a cousin of Ferdinand Kobell and Franz Kobell, German painters and brothers.[1] His father was a pottery merchant, and though he was not a professional artist, he trained his son in drawing, who loved to draw ships in the port of Rotterdam. The younger Kobell was finally able to take a journey in one when his father arranged some business he could attend to in London in 1779. There he conducted his business while drawing all sorts of ships and boats, and when he returned to the Northern Netherlands in 1770, he gave up the pottery business to study art in Amsterdam.[1] He studied for two years under Jacob de Vos and Cornelis Ploos van Amstel with such success that he was elected a member of the Stadstekenacademie (Amsterdam drawing academy).[1] He travelled to Paris in 1772 and in 1772 settled in Rotterdam, where he helped set up a similar drawing academy; Genootschap Hierdoor tot Hooger.[1]
He was the father and teacher of the painter Jan Kobell II (1778–1814), and his other pupils were Carel Frederik Bendorp, and Gerrit van der Pals.
Works
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He painted in oils and watercolors, doing landscapes and marines. His work is distinguished by skillful manipulation and lifelike depiction. His work as a draftsman and etcher was also notable. He was esteemed for his numerous drawings, executed in pen and heightened with India ink. [1]
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[edit]- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Henrik Kobell on artnet
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