Willem Antonie van Deventer
Seascape near the Coast
Willem Antonie van Deventer (The Hague, June 30, 1824 - May 27, 1893) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, watercolorist, etcher and lithographer.
Van Deventer received his first painting lessons from his uncle Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen, as did his brother Jan Frederik van Deventer, who was a landscape painter. He then attended the Hague Academy of Visual Arts from 1843 to 1846, where naval painters Sam Verveer and Antonie Waldorp taught. He also trained at the Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam. In 1844, at the invitation of the Royal Navy, he made a five-month voyage in the Mediterranean.
Van Deventer had several famous painters as friends, including Jacob Maris, Willem Roelofs and Jan Weissenbruch. In 1847 he founded the Pulchri Studio with them, among others.
His specialties were landscapes, river views, beach views, harbor views, ship images and city views. Trained in the romantic tradition, he became a realistic painter with a clear palette and free touch. He worked in Amsterdam for several years, but left for The Hague in 1862. His work is present in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
Sources
Biographical data at the RKD-Netherlands Institute for Art History
Willem Antonie van Deventer (1824-1893) at www.cultuurarchief.nl
Willem Hekking (March 24, 1796, Amsterdam - May 20, 1862, Amsterdam)
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