Louis Meijer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Meijer

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1809

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1866

Profession: painter, etcher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Louis Meijer

  • Johan Hendrik Louis Meijer (9 March 1809 – 31 March 1866) was a Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, and draftsman.
  • He painted in the Romantic tradition and is best known for his seascapes. Meijer was born in Amsterdam in the Kingdom of Holland, present-day Netherlands.
  • He studied under George Pieter Westenberg and Jan Willem Pieneman, and lived in Deventer, from 1841 in Paris and then in The Hague.
  • Matthijs Maris was a pupil of Meijer's, beginning in 1854.
  • Meijer died at the age of 57, in Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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