Self-portrait, undated, private collection

Pieter Florentius Nicolaas Jacobus Arntzenius (9 June 1864 - 16 February 1925) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, illustrator and printmaker. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Watercolor ( US) or Watercolour ( UK) (and "aquarelle" in French is a Painting method For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. Printmaking is the Process of making artworks by Printing, normally on Paper. He is considered a representative of the younger generation of the Hague School. The Hague School is the name given to a group of artists who lived and worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890

Arntzenius was born in Surabaya on the island of Java where his father served in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army. Surabaya (formerly spelled as Soerabaja) is Indonesia 's second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta. The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL was the army of the Netherlands in its former Colony of the In 1875, at the age of 11, he was sent to the Netherlands to Amsterdam to live with his aunt and uncle in order to complete his education. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west

In 1882 he became a student of Frederik Nachtweh, under Nachtweh's supervision he gained admission to the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten. During his time at the Rijksacademie, from 1883 to 1888, his teachers included August Allebé and Barend Wijnveld, ^[1] and amongst his fellow students were Isaac Israëls, George Breitner, Willem Witsen and Jan Veth. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Isaac Lazarus Israëls ( Amsterdam, February 3, 1865 - The Hague, October 7, 1934) was a Dutch painter George Hendrik Breitner ( September 12, 1857 – June 5, 1923) wasa Dutch painter and Photographer. Jan Pieter Veth ( 18 May 1864 Dordrecht - 1 July 1925 Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter poet art critic and ^[2] After his studies in Amsterdam he spent another two years at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, studying under Charles Verlat. ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the

Back in Amsterdam, Arntzenuis became a member of the artist's societies Arte et Amicitiae (1890) and St. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lucas (1891), and he had a studio at the Sarphatistraat. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1892 his mother became widowed and moved to The Hague and Arntzenuis also moved there to keep her company. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Around the same time his former fellow students Isaac Israëls and George Breitner left The Hague for Amsterdam to be a part of the capital's more vibrant artistic climate. At The Hague the established painters of the first generation of the Hague School dominated artistic life.

Spuistraat, 1919, Haags Historisch Museum

Arntzenius became a member of the artist's society Pulchri Studio in The Hague in 1892. From 1893 to 1895 he shared Bernard Blommers' former studio with Cornelis Antonie van Waning. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bernardus Johannes (Bernard Blommers ( 30 January 1845 in The Hague – 12 December 1914 in The Hague was a Dutch painter of the He also contributed illustrations to Elsevier Geïllustreerd Maandschrift from 1892 to 1894. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1896 he was admitted to the Hollandsche Teeken Maatschappij, a society that promoted the medium of watercolours among its members. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He got married in 1900, to Lide Doorman, a talented painter of floral still lives, who lived in the house opposite of Arntzenius' mother,^[3] together they had four daughters, who he frequently painted. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar

Arntzenius was an accomplished artist in several mediums, but especially his watercolours gained high praise. ^[4][5]. During his first years in The Hague, he painted landscapes in the typical Hague School style. Arntzenius later switched to mainly painting cityscapes and street scenes, just like Israëls and Breitner made in Amsterdam. Arntzenius' cityscapes were painted mainly in misty or rainy weather, he made use of these weather conditions to have his subjects be reflected on the wet asphalt. He also painted a lot in Scheveningen, which had changed from the poor fishing village it was in the time of Jozef Israëls and Hendrik Willem Mesdag, into a popular seaside resort. Jozef Israëls ( January 27, 1824, Groningen - August 12, 1911, Scheveningen) was a Dutch painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag ( 23 February 1831 &ndash 10 July 1915) was a Dutch marine painter.

Though Arntzenius isn't considered to be a relevant artist nowadays, he was appreciated in his own day. He won prizes at the exhibitions of Munich, Venice, Pittsburgh and Brussels and his works sold well during his lifetime. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is His friends in The Hague included Willem Maris, Willem Bastiaan Tholen, Bernard Blommers and Herman Johannes van der Weele. Willem Maris ( February 18, 1844, The Hague - October 10, 1910, The Hague) was a Dutch landscape painter Herman Johannes van der Weele ( Jan 13 1852, Middelburg - Dec 2 1930, The Hague) was a Dutch painter of the second generation In 1910 he opened a studio and started taking in students. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting During this time he mostly painted portraits in commission of wealthy patrons. This he continued to do until he died of tuberculosis in 1925, at the age of 58.

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