Louis Apol
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Lodewijk Frederik Hendrik (Louis) Apol (The Hague
, 6 September 1850 - The Hague
, 22 November 1936) was a Dutch painter and one of the most prominent representatives of the Haagse School.
The talent of Louis Apol was discovered early in his live and his father ordered private lessons for him. His teachers were J.F. Hoppenbrouwers and P.F. Stortenbeker. He received a scolarship from the Dutch King Willem III in 1868. Louis Apol specialized in winterscapes. People/figures are seldom found in his paintings.
In 1880 Louis Apol took part in an expedition on the ss Willem Barents to Spitsbergen
(Nova Zembla) in the Polar Sea. The impressions of this journey were a source of inspiration during his whole life.
His work is widely spread and found in the USA, United Kingdom and Germany.
The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
have work of Louis Apol in their collection.
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, 6 September 1850 - The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, 22 November 1936) was a Dutch painter and one of the most prominent representatives of the Haagse School.
The talent of Louis Apol was discovered early in his live and his father ordered private lessons for him. His teachers were J.F. Hoppenbrouwers and P.F. Stortenbeker. He received a scolarship from the Dutch King Willem III in 1868. Louis Apol specialized in winterscapes. People/figures are seldom found in his paintings.
In 1880 Louis Apol took part in an expedition on the ss Willem Barents to Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Constituting the western-most bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea...
(Nova Zembla) in the Polar Sea. The impressions of this journey were a source of inspiration during his whole life.
His work is widely spread and found in the USA, United Kingdom and Germany.
The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Municipal Museum is an art museum, located in The Hague, Netherlands.The museum was built by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world...
have work of Louis Apol in their collection.
External Links
- Examples of paintings of Louis Apol, Museum Nunspeet