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Evert
Pieters was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 11,
1856 and died in Laren February 17, 1932. Pieters is
considered a genre, marine and landscape painter from
the Dutch Contemporary School. In addition to being a
very skilled artist in oils, he was also an accomplished
draughtsman and engraver.
Pieters
began his formal art studies with painter Theodoor
Verstraete at the Academy of Amsterdam. Verstraete, who
was heavily influenced French Barbizon painters Jean
Francois Millet (1814-1875) and Jean Baptiste Camille
Corot (1796-1875), would pass that influence on to
Pieters. He would continue his studies with Charles
Verlat (1824-1890) at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Art.
Verlat was more of an academic historical, portrait and
genre painter than Verstraete therefore adding
additional disciplines to his education. Pieters would
combine the influences and teachings of Verstraete and
Verlat to develop a very unique original style of
painting.
In
1886, Pieters would leave Antwerp and traveled to
Blaricum, followed by a trip to Paris in 1896. During
World War I, he voyaged as well to London and Scotland,
eventually settling in Laren in 1917.
Pieters
exhibited in many cities throughout Europe, including
Paris with the Salon des Artistes Francais, and in
Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1913. Between
the years 1895 and 1905, he showed a number of canvases
in Amsterdam. At the 1896 Exposition Universelle,
Pieters was awarded a third place medal, a gold medal at
the Salon de Champs Elysées and a silver medal at the
1900 Exposition Universelle. In 1910, Pieters was
invited to exhibit in Milwaukee’s "The Greatest
Dutch Painters." The exhibition was an enormous
success.
The honors, his successes
and popularity would continue in the United States,
England and the European continent. Pieters was honored
with his appointments as member of the Pulchri Studio at
The Hague, the Academy of Antwerp, and of Arti et
Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
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