Simon Andreas Krausz artwork • painting • previously for sale Skaters by moonlight

The painter, watercolourist and draftsman Simon Andreas Krausz was born in The Hague. He was taught by Léonard Defrance in Liège and then attended the Haagse Teekenacademie. The painter made a name for himself with early romantic ice scenes and landscapes. His fine animal and figure studies are also known. Krausz was a member of the Confrèrie Pictura, a sort of successor to the St Lucasgilde in The Hague, which counted many gifted painters from The Hague among its members. He was a teacher of Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen.