Wilhelmus Beurs
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Wilhelmus Beurs was a Dutch Golden Age
painter.
in 1671.
Houbraken praised his book and reprinted one page of it as an example.
According to the RKD he moved to Amsterdam in 1672 where he later married, and moved to Zwolle in 1687, where he wrote a book on the art of painting and taught Aleida Greve, Anna Cornelia Holt, Sophia Holt, and Cornelia van Marle to paint flowers.
He is known for Italianate landscapes; still life paintings are documented in archives but no longer known.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he was the son of a shoemaker and a quick study who was able to produce a good landscape after only a year's instruction, though he later took up flower painting. Houbraken met him as a fellow pupil of Willem van DrielenburgWillem van Drielenburg
Willem van Drielenburg , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Abraham Bloemaert who later took to landscape painting in the manner of Jan Both. He came to live in Dordrecht in 1668 and Houbraken became his pupil in the rampjaar 1672...
in 1671.
Houbraken praised his book and reprinted one page of it as an example.
According to the RKD he moved to Amsterdam in 1672 where he later married, and moved to Zwolle in 1687, where he wrote a book on the art of painting and taught Aleida Greve, Anna Cornelia Holt, Sophia Holt, and Cornelia van Marle to paint flowers.
He is known for Italianate landscapes; still life paintings are documented in archives but no longer known.