Herman van der Mijn
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Herman van der Mijn was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
to Jan Frans van Douven
.
According to the RKD he learned to paint flowers from Ernst Stuven
, and became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1712, and the following year court painter to Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
. He took the family of Jan van Nickelen
in tow to Dusseldorp
, where they painted at court, and Van der Mijn taught Van Nickelen's daughter Jacoba Maria van Nickelen
to paint flowers. She met the painters Rachel Ruysch
and Willem Troost (whom Jacoba married) there.
Van der Mijn returned to the Netherlands in 1717, but left on a trip via Brussels and Paris to London, where he stayed except in 1737, when he took a trip to Leeuwarden. His sister Agatha was also a flower painter who accompanied him to England, and his children all became painters: George
, Robert, Cornelia, Frans
, Gerard and Andreas van der Mijn. Other pupils (besides Jacoba Maria) were James Latham and Herman Frederik van Hengel.
Biography
According to Houbraken he introduced Jan van NickelenJan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his father Isaak van Nickelen, who taught him perspective and who sent him to school to learn Latin and French....
to Jan Frans van Douven
Jan Frans van Douven
Jan Frans van Douven, or Johan Francois Douven, was a Southern Netherlandish portrait painter belonging to the Dutch Leyden School...
.
According to the RKD he learned to paint flowers from Ernst Stuven
Ernst Stuven
Ernst Stuven was a German Baroque flower painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken, he was born in Hamburg, where he was initially trained by Georg Hainz. At the age of eighteen he moved to Amsterdam , where he became a pupil of Johannes Voorhout, who he knew from Hamburg...
, and became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1712, and the following year court painter to Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube , Duke of Jülich and Berg , and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham...
. He took the family of Jan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen
Jan van Nickelen , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he learned to paint from his father Isaak van Nickelen, who taught him perspective and who sent him to school to learn Latin and French....
in tow to Dusseldorp
Dusseldorp
Dusseldorp is:*an old-fashioned Dutch name of Düsseldorf*Dusseldorp , a village in the Netherlands...
, where they painted at court, and Van der Mijn taught Van Nickelen's daughter Jacoba Maria van Nickelen
Jacoba Maria van Nickelen
Jacoba Maria van Nickelen , was a 18th century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:...
to paint flowers. She met the painters Rachel Ruysch
Rachel Ruysch
Rachel Ruysch was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, one of only three significant women artists in Dutch Golden Age painting, of whom Maria van Oosterwijk was also a flower painter, and Judith Leyster mainly not .She was born in The...
and Willem Troost (whom Jacoba married) there.
Van der Mijn returned to the Netherlands in 1717, but left on a trip via Brussels and Paris to London, where he stayed except in 1737, when he took a trip to Leeuwarden. His sister Agatha was also a flower painter who accompanied him to England, and his children all became painters: George
George van der Mijn
George van der Mijn , was an 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of Herman van der Mijn, who was born in London after his father moved there...
, Robert, Cornelia, Frans
Frans van der Mijn
Frans van der Mijn , was a 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the son of Herman van der Mijn and was born when his father moved to Dusseldorf to work for Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine. He influenced the painter James Latham...
, Gerard and Andreas van der Mijn. Other pupils (besides Jacoba Maria) were James Latham and Herman Frederik van Hengel.