Hermanus Koekkoek

Boats and fishermen on the Nieuwer-Amstel river, 1864

Hermanus Koekkoek (1815 1882), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Middelburg as the son of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek.[1] He was the brother of Barend Cornelis, Marinus Adrianus and Johannes.[1] He became the father of Hermanus the Younger, Willem, Johannes Hermanus Barend, and Barend Hendrik.[1]

Like his father and brothers, he is known for landscapes and taught his sons to paint in the family tradition. He died in Haarlem.[1]

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