George Gillis Haanen Explained

George Gillis Haanen
Birth Date:23. August 1807
Death Place:Bilsen
Occupation:Landscape Painter

George Gillis Haanen (23. August 1807 - 17 July 1879) was a 19th-century landscape painter from Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Utrecht as the son of the painter and paper silhouette cutter Casparis Haanen, and brother of the painters Adriana Johanna Haanen, Elisabeth Alida Haanen and Remigius Adrianus Haanen.[1] He became a member of "Arti Sacrum" in 1831 in Rotterdam, and became a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam in 1835.[1] He traveled and worked along the Rhine and Austria, and is known for landscapes. He died in Bilsen.

Notes and References

  1. http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/34903 George Gillis Haanen