JAN VAN COUVER was a pseudonym of Hermanus Koekkoek the younger a Dutch painter especially known for his seascapes. He came from of a family of well known artists. He was the grandson of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek and cousin of the famous landscape painter Barend Cornelis Koekoek and son of Hermanus Koekkoek the elder. Also his son Stephen Robert Koekkoek (1887-1934) would become a painter. He was taught the profession by his father in Amsterdam. In the 1860s he travelled regularly to London, where he moved too permanently in 1869. He had a gallery here and sold next to his own work also the works of his family members to the British public. He mainly focused on sea-, river and beach scenes. He painted in the romantic-realistic style. He preferred scenes of ships struggling in heavy sea. His later work is influenced by the Hague School. In his time in London he painted under the name Jan van Couver.
Watercolour on Paper
Signed bottom right
Has been associated with the names Hermanus Koekkoek, Noris Fowler Willatt, E Lett and Louis Van Statten
Mounted and framed
Framed size 22.5 inches by 19 inches (image 15 inches by 10.5 inches)
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