Jan Frederik Schütz artwork • painting • previously for sale Pilot boat at sea
Jan Frederik Schütz
Middelburg 1817-1888
1817-1888
Pilot boat at sea
oil on canvas 69.5 x 104.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated ' 71
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Mary Platier-van Engeland, 'Van den Storm in de Stilte. De Zeeuwse schildersfamilie Schütz (1817-1933)', Middelburg 1998, afgebeeld op de omslag en op pag. 51 (iin kleur).
Jan Frederik Schütz was born in 1817 in Middelburg into a family of seafarers. Initially he would also become a sailor, but thanks to his artistic aspirations he was admitted to the renowned Middelburg Drawing Academy in 1839. The marine painter Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek also received his training there. Schütz mainly painted and drew sea and river views. He also worked as a drawing and painting teacher and he had many admirers, especially in Zeeland. Both his sons, Willem Johannes and Jan Frederik Jr., inherited the artistic talent of their successful father.
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