Pieter Gaal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pieter Gaal

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1769

Place of Birth: Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1819

Profession: painter

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Pieter Gaal (19 July 1769 in Middelburg – 13/18 January 1819 in Middelburg) was a Dutch painter, the son of Thomas Gaal. Gaal came from a family of painters from the Zeeland area of the Netherlands, his earliest ancestor was a knight called Florens Ghale van Hoesbroec, though his father was born in what is now Belgium.
His son Jacobus Cornelis Gaal was also a painter, painting portraits such as "Junges Madchen in Weissen Kleid Beim Einkleid" a portrait of a young woman being dressed by a maidservant. Gaal's main focus were "landscapes with cattle and figures furnished, a hobby portraits, living and dead game and genre pieces".
He spent time in London (1789–1791), studied in Paris (at the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France in 1791), and traveled to paint in Italy, Switzerland and Germany.