Johan Rust artwork • painting • for sale Sailing ships on calm seas
Johan Rust
Amsterdam 1828-1915
1828-1915
Sailing ships on calm seas
oil on canvas 39.6 x 56.4 cm, signed l.r. and without frame
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 5,000 - € 10,000
Johan Adolph Rust mainly painted cityscapes, riverscapes and sea pieces. He studied at the academy in Amsterdam, and was also taught by his uncle, the urban portraitist Cornelis Springer. In his hometown of Amsterdam, he gave drawing lessons at the Ambachtsschool and the Industrieschool der Maatschappij voor de Werkende Stand. Johan Rust has taught Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, John Hulk Jr., F.A. Lissone and Martin Monnickendam. From 1856 the painter was a member of the artists' association Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. Rust regularly exhibited his work at the annual exhibitions of Levende Meesters in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam.