Gijsbertus Craeyvanger

With Carel Jacobus Behr, city wall with gunpowder warehouse.

Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (1810 – 1895), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Utrecht and was the brother and later, teacher of Reinier Craeyvanger.[1] He was a pupil of Jan Willem Pieneman at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and later became a teacher himself at a drawing school in Utrecht. His most notable pupil was Albert Neuhuys.[1] Though he is known for landscapes, he also painted figures in the landscapes of Carel Jacobus Behr.

He died in Utrecht.


References

  1. 1 2 Gijsbertus Craeyvanger in the RKD
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