Reinier Nooms

Reinier Zeeman (* around 1623 in Amsterdam, † August 1664 in Amsterdam ) was a famous Dutch marine painter and etcher of the 17th century.

Name

Until the exhibition " Lof der Zeevaart " in 1996, the artist was " Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman " mentioned in the history of art. However, to contemporary documents and on the signed paintings always just " Seeman " or find " Zeeman ". The term " Nooms " comes from the signed print works and frontispieces of its leaves and series. This provides various forms of the name are as follows: " R [ einier ] Zeeman ," " Remy Zeeman ", " Reinier Nooms, Alya Zeeman " or " Reinier Nooms ". From the earlier art historical research Nooms has passed on and is still in use in the art trade. The current science has struggled through the form of the name Zeeman.

Life

From Zeeman we learn for the first time in 1653, when he married Marija Moosijn and get two daughters. From before this time no messages are known. Other assignable life stages are not visible, except for one indicator of his wife against the landlords, who are said to have seduced the artist immoral life. His wife inherits everything after the death Zeemans 1664th From the estate inventory images are known, suggesting that he could probably have been in Paris before 1650. The inventory also books on seafaring customer were present. A trip to Berlin, which was often cited, is not guaranteed. His artistic teachers are unknown, but a certain influence by Willem van de Velde the Elder is to be assumed.

In addition to paintings, he produced an extensive work on graphics. These show -time events, such as Naval warfare, allegorical representations, Amsterdam cityscapes and encyclopedic pictures of ship types.

Charles Meryon copied Zeeman cityscapes of Paris (a series of etchings ) and recommended by the fact - at least as an eraser - as his worthy successor to.