Charles Dankmeijer
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Carel Bernardus Dankmeijer (1861–1923), known as Charles, was a Dutch painter best known for his colorful cityscapes and river scenes.
Biography
He took his first drawing lessons at the Felix Meritis Society of Amsterdam. In 1881, Dankmeijer went to Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Charles Verlat and won the "Prix d'Excellence". From 1882 to 1886, he was enrolled at the Rijksakademie. His professors there were August Allebé and Barend Wijnveld. He then joined the artists' colony in Laren, and came under the influence of Anton Mauve.
After Mauve's death, Dankmeijer returned to Amsterdam and was married. For many years after that, he moved frequently; living in The Hague, Loosduinen, Zaandam, Renkum (where he worked with Théophile de Bock), Oosterbeek, Leiden and, finally, Scheveningen. This was interspersed with travels to France and Italy. In 1900, he won a medal at the Exposition Universelle.
He was an eccentric man, and the stains on his jacket revealed the colors he favored on his palette. When deep in thought, he would wander through town, so absorbed that he did not notice his own friends.
Gallery
- View of Alkmaar
- View of Delft
- View of Goedereede
- A Canal in Hoorn
- Picnic
Further reading
- Maarten Bol: Charles Dankmeijer 1861-1923. een gedreven, kleurrijk schilder, Renkum 2002. ISBN 90-803264-3-7
External links
- Media related to Charles Dankmeijer at Wikimedia Commons