Jacob Maris

Jacob Maris
Matthijs Maris, Public domain

(1837–1899) nederländsk målare

Jacob Maris (Netherlands, 1837–1899) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Jacob Maris belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacob Maris was born in The Hague and died in Karlovy Vary. Jacob Maris trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, and Haagsche Teekenacademie. Jacob Maris worked in The Hague, Antwerp, Germany, and Switzerland. Wikidata associates Jacob Maris with Hague School. Jacob Maris became a member of Arti et Amicitiae and Hague School. Jacob Maris was awarded Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. The students included Albert Neuhuys.

The best-known works include ‘Cityscape’, ‘View of a port’, and ‘River landscape’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 117 works by Jacob Maris with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1899. Works by Jacob Maris are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Burrell Collection, and National Gallery.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Adolph Artz, Vincent Lerche, Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky, Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, and Maria Bilders-van Bosse.