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Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek
Veere 1778-1851 Amsterdam
The January 14th and 15th floods in Zeeland, 1808, pen and washed ink on paper 22,5 x 38,3 cm.

Literature: P.F. Thomése, 'Zuidland', Amsterdam/Antwerpen 2006, afb. in kleur op omslag; Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 14 jan. (met afb. in kleur); tent.cat. Ede, Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 'De familie Koekkoek: Vier generaties schildertalent', 2003 afb. in kleur pag. 9.

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Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek is considered the founding father of the well-known Koekkoek painting dynasty. He trained at the classical oriented Drawing Academy of Middelburg while working at the wallpaper factory of Thomas Gaal. He then specialised in painting elaborately worked-out townscapes with water, and seascapes in particular. He was among the first artists of the early 19th century to be inspired by the marine painters of the Dutch Golden Age. His paintings reveal that he had a great understanding of the different types of ships that navigated Zeeland’s open waterways at the time.