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Jan 30, 1845 The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands Died on 12 Dec 1914 (aged 69)
Dutch painter
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About Bernard Blommers
- Bernardus Johannes (Bernard) Blommers (30 January 1845 in The Hague – 12 December 1914 in The Hague) was a Dutch etcher and painter of the Hague School.He learned lithography early in his career, and then studied at the Hague Akademie under Johan Philip Koelman until 1868.
- His early paintings were mostly genre works depicting fishermen and their wives, heavily influenced by Jozef Israëls.
- The later works (from about 1890) are more loosely painted, although maritime and genre scenes remained the primary subject matter.
- His work was critically successful during his lifetime, being sought after by English, Scottish and American collectors.
- Blommers was also active as a teacher; among his pupils was the American painter Caroline van Hook Bean, who became his daughter-in-law in 1913.
