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Barend Cornelis Koekkoek
Dutch painter
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (October 11, 1803 – April 5, 1862) was a Dutch landscape artist and lithographer.
Biography
Early life: 1803–1824
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek was born on 11 October 1803, in Middelburg, Zeeland.
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He was the first and eldest son of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek—born in the province of Zeeland, to Dutch parents—and Anna van Koolwijk. Aside from Koekkoek, whose father was a Dutch renowned marine painter, from whom he received his earliest tuition, Johannes and Anna's other sons were Hermanus (the elder), Johannes [de] (the Younger) and Marinus.
Barend grew up in an artistic environment and came to be known during his lifetime as the “Prince of Landscape Painting” and was an applauded landscapist of his time and regarded as the founding father of Dutch romantic landscape painting.
The recipient of endless awards and decorations, he counted among his clients King Friedrich-Wilhelm IV of