Hendrik Jacobus Scholten (1824 - 1907)
Hendrik Jacobus Scholten
Hendrik Jacobus Scholten was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands. He was a pupil of Petrus Franciscus Greive and Lambertus Johannes Hansen. In 1852 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam, and was a member of the Amsterdam art societies Arti et Amicitiae, Kunstbevorderend Genootschap V.W., and Vereeniging Sint Lucas. He was also a member of art societies in other towns. He became art curator of the Teylers Stichting in 1872, which manages the art collection of the Teylers Museum. In that capacity he wrote a catalog of the museum's collection, that was published in 1904. He painted several paintings that hang in the museum's galleries, as well as decorations in the Teyler's fundatiehuis, where he lived and worked from 1863 until his death.
| Date and place of birt: | 11 july 1824, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Date and place of death: | 29 may 1907, Heemstede, The Netherlands |
| Nationality: | The Netherlands |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Engraver, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Art school / group: | Arti et Amicitiae |
| Genre: | Genre art, Portrait, Self-portrait, Still life |
| Art style: | Realism |
| Technique: | Engraving, Etching, Oil, Oil on canvas, Oil on panel, Watercolor |
