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Qualifications
etcher, reproductive printmaker, engraver (printmaker), lithographer, painter, draftsperson, art critic, artist's biographer, publicist, photographer, copyist
became 'secrétaire intime officieux' to Queen Sophia of the Netherlands at sixteen years of age; was editor of Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift between 1896-1905; also known for his reproduction prints after paintings of the Hague School
Nationality/school
Dutch
Born
The Hague (city) 1857-04-20
Ouderlijk huis Javastraat 7 (Pulchri Studio 1928)
Deceased
Villefranche-sur-Mer/Villefranche-sur-Saône 1930-10-03
Saur: Villefranche-sur-Mer
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
vader en leraar van Renée Hélène Laure Zilcken
See also
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Biographical information
Period of activity
1875 - 1930
ca. 1875-1930
Education
Tekenacademie (Den Haag 1682-)
leerling van de Tekenacademie in Den Haag (Scheen 1969-1970)
Active in
  • Den Haag (stad)
    woonde en werkte voornamelijk in Den Haag (Scheen 1969-1970) woonde aan Bezuidenhoutseweg 453 in villa Hélène (Pulchri Studio 1928) villa niet meer aanwezig.
  • Frankrijk
    later in Zuid-Frankrijk (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Provence (streek) 1882
    (Martin 1919), is waarschijnlijk reis met de trein van Parijs-Avignon-Arles-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Zilcken 1909)
  • Parijs 1883
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Nice 1883
    reis (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Algiers 1883
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970) drie maanden (Martin)
  • Parijs 1885
    5 weeks (Martin 1919)
  • België 1893 - 1894
    two studytrips to Belgium (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Venetië 1895
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Parijs 1895
    when he realized an eau-forte portrait of Edmond de Goncourt
  • Londen (Engeland) 1906
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Venetië 1906
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Algiers 1908
    studytrip (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Egypte 1912 - 1913
    1912-1913 (Scheen 1969-1970)
  • Villefranche-sur-Mer 1930
    unknown when he moved to Villefranche; died there (Scheen 1981)
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Subjects
This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.
flower piece, landscape (genre), orientalism, portrait, still life, cityscape, beach scene
Medium/technique
oil paint
Prijzen
  • heeft tijdens zijn leven diverse onderscheidingen behaald en werd begiftigd met diverse ridderorden (Scheen 1981)
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Creation date: 1992-02-01; Last modified date: 2023-05-17

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