Jan van gools biography
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Jan van Gool
Dutch painter and writer
Not to be confused with Jean Van Gool.
Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutchpainter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age.
Life
[edit]Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.[1] He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1711.[1] He was first regent, and then five years later became director, of the Hague Drawing School from 1720-1734.[1] He spent most of his time in the Hague, but travelled to England twice and is recorded there in 1711.[1] He specialized in Italianate landscapes.
He is best known today for his book of artist biographies, otherwise known as the "Nieuw Schouburg". The full title is De Nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen: Waer in de Levens- en Kunstbedryven der tans levende en reets overleedene Schilders, die van Houbraken, noch eenig ander schryver, zyn aengeteekend, verhaelt worden. (The Hague, 1750). He meant this book as an update to the original "Schouwburg" written by his friend Arnold Houbraken, whose 3-volume Schouburg was written in order of birth year, ending with Adriaen van der Werff, born in 1659. Just as Houbrake
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Full Name: Front line Gool, Johan
Gender: male
Date Born: 1685
Date Died: 1763
Place Born: The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Place Died: The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Home Country/ies: Netherlands
Subject Area(s): biography (general genre) reprove painting (visual works)
Overview
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Jan van Gool (1685-1763) PASTORAL LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD ...
Jan van Gool (1685-1763) PASTORAL LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD AND OTHER FIGURES, GOATS, CATTLE AND A DOG NEARBY, also a companion, HUNTING SCENE WITH FIGURES AND DOGS ATTACKING FOXES, ANOTHER FIGURE ON HORSEBACK NEARBY, WITH LAKES AND MOUNTAINS BEYOND Oil on panel, inscribed with the artist's name on plaques attached to the frames, 49cm x 68cm, (a pair), (2).
**Johan or Jan van Gool was born in the The Hague, Netherlands and was a painter closely associated with “The Dutch Golden Age of Painting” he was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten and became a member of the “Confrerie Pictura” in 1711, he was also a director of the Hague Drawing School from 1720-1734, he travelled to England twice and is recorded as having visited in 1711.
He specialised in Italianate Landscapes, he is perhaps best known for the publication of his book on artists biographies detailing the painters of The Hague school.