Willem Roelofs

Willem Roelofs ( born March 10, 1822 in Amsterdam, † May 12, 1897 in Berchem, near Antwerp ) was a painter from the Netherlands.

Roelofs mainly painted landscapes. But he also made lithographs and etchings. His style developed from the classicism of the mid-19th century through the Barbizon school to the Hague School, whose precursor he counts. He was one of the artists, the 1847 Hague artist club founded Pulchri Studio. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Brussels, where he made ​​several trips to the French Barbizon artists' colony. In Belgium he met Hendrik Willem Mesdag, whose teacher was Roelofs. Other well-known students have included Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël and Johan Hendrik Weiss break.

Roelofs also dealt with the biology. He has published scientific journal articles about weevils and was considered a pioneer of entomology in Belgium.

Bibliography

Marjan van Heteren et al.: Willem Roelofs, 1822-1897, De Adem of Natuur ( an exhibition ), 2006, ISBN 90-6868-432-9