Henry van Velthuysen
ARTISTHenry van Velthuysen was a Dutch painter associated with the Mooi Indië movement. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, before returning to the Indies and working as a civil servant. He developed a reputation as a painter through the 1920s, holding several exhibitions and writing extensively on art in newspapers and magazines. While continuing to exhibit through the 1940s, he worked with younger painters to develop their skills. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he evacuated to The Hague, where he spent his remaining years. Velthuysen was a critic of modern art, holding that painters "are and will remain imitators of nature, nothing more, nothing less". Contemporary reviewers highlighted his simple approach to art.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Henry van Velthuysen (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Henry van Velthuysen was a Dutch painter associated with the Mooi Indië movement. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, before returning to the Indies and working as a civil servant. He developed a reputation as a painter through the 1920s, holding several exhibitions and writing extensively on art in newspapers and magazines. While continuing to exhibit through the 1940s, he worked with younger painters to develop their skills. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he evacuated to The Hague, where he spent his remaining years. Velthuysen was a critic of modern art, holding that painters "are and will remain imitators of nature, nothing more, nothing less". Contemporary reviewers highlighted his simple approach to art.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Henry van Velthuysen's work on the site falls under Paintings (1).
Culture: Dutch (1).
By orientation: 1 portrait.
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- Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst — 460 artworks
- Vincent van Gogh — 353 artworks
- Marius Bauer — 301 artworks
- Willem Witsen — 286 artworks
- Antoon Derkinderen — 202 artworks
- Jan Toorop — 182 artworks
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