Pieter Christoffel Wonder (10 January 1777[1] – 12 July 1852) was a Dutch painter, active in England.
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Biography
editWonder was born in Utrecht. He was largely self-taught, by making copies of the Old Masters, although between 1802 and 1804 he did attend classes at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.[2] In 1807 he established the "Genootschap Kunstliefde " (Love of Art Society) in Utrecht together with other artists including Jan Kobell, and served as director.
From 1823 to 1831, he worked in England,[2] where he became well known as a portrait painter, but also painted some interior scenes and copies of works by Raphael. Wonder died in 1852 in Amsterdam.
References
edit- ^ National Portrait Gallery (2024). "Pieter Christoffel Wonder". Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b Brief notes @ the Dordrechts Museum.
External links
editMedia related to Pieter Christoffel Wonder at Wikimedia Commons