Antonie Waldorp 1803-1866, oil on panel, 45 x 62 cm

Antonie Waldorp 1803-1866, oil on panel, 45 x 62 cm, 45 x 62 cm

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Antonie (Antoine) Waldorp was born in 1802 in Huis ten Bosch in The Hague.

Waldorp started painting stage scenery, but after the age of 23 he devoted himself entirely to his own painting and became a forerunner of the Hague School . Initially he painted mainly interiors, portraits and cityscapes, which he sometimes decorated with 17th-century figures. From 1838 onwards he devoted himself almost entirely to painting sea and river views. ^{[ 2 ]} with which he achieved great fame. His works fetched considerable sums. For example, he sold a painting to the King of Prussia for 4,000 guilders.

In 1833 Waldorp made a study trip through Belgium and Germany, and visited with his painter friend Nuijen Paris and the Paris Salon . There they saw the contemporary paintings of the artists then working in France, such as Eugene Isabey (1803-1886) and the English painters John Constable and Bonington (1802-1828). Isabey's landscape paintings, in particular, would have a great influence on the two young painters. From around 1833, Waldorp shared with his painter friends Sam Verveer and Wijnand Nuijen a studio in the 'Loterijzaal' at the Binnenhof in The Hague. In the evenings they often sat with Rochussen , Huib van Hove , Forest tree and other Hague painters gathered in a large circle at the 'Fransche Koffijhuis' and had a good time.

Waldorp later taught students including A.D. 't Hoen , Charles Rochussen , and Jan Weissenbruch . He lived at Prinsessegracht 87 in The Hague until 1857 , after which he settled in Amsterdam where he became a member of the Royal Academy .