Jean Augustin Daiwaille
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Jean Augustin Daiwaille, a Dutch portrait painter
, was born at Cologne in 1786, and went when young to Amsterdam where he studied under A. De Lelie
, and was director of the Academy
from 1820 to 1826. After that time he resided at Rotterdam, where be was very successful in painting portraits, and where he died in 1850. There is by him one etching, which is scarce.
Portrait painting
Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject. Beside human beings, animals, pets and even inanimate objects can be chosen as the subject for a portrait...
, was born at Cologne in 1786, and went when young to Amsterdam where he studied under A. De Lelie
Adriaan de Lelie
Adriaan de Lelie was born at Tilburg in 1755, and was a scholar of Peeters, a painter of tapestries and ornaments, and afterwards of Quertenmont at Antwerp. He made copies of many of the portraits by Rubens and Van Dyck at Düsseldorf, and also of historical pictures by Italian and Dutch masters...
, and was director of the Academy
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten is a two-year residency for visual artists, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Funded by the Dutch government, residents are granted a stipend and are allotted a personal studio in the former military barracks building in which the Rijksakademie is housed...
from 1820 to 1826. After that time he resided at Rotterdam, where be was very successful in painting portraits, and where he died in 1850. There is by him one etching, which is scarce.