Louwrens Hanedoesartist • painterWoudrichem 1822-1905

Landscape painter Louwrens Hanedoes studied drawing at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He then traveled to the B.C. Koekkoek Drawing Academy in Kleve, Germany, where he learned to paint forests and mountain landscapes in a romantic style under Koekkoek's guidance. Hanedoes traveled extensively, often to mountainous regions in the Eifel region, France, and Switzerland. In the Netherlands, he worked primarily in the area around Arnhem and Oosterbeek. In 1850, he was one of the first Dutch painters to visit Barbizon, and under the influence of the French painters working there en plein air, his style became more realistic. French critics even considered him the most important Dutch landscape painter at the tim. Hanedoes was appointed a knight in the Order of Leopold by the Belgian king in 1863.