Gijsbertus Craeyvanger

{{Short description|Dutch painter}}

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| name = Gijsbertus Craeyvanger

| image = Gijsbertus Craeyvanger, selfportret.jpg

| birth_date = 21 October 1810

| birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands

| death_date = 17 July 1875 (aged 64)

| death_place = Utrecht, Netherlands

}}

File:Carel Jacobus Behr,Gijsbertus Craeyvanger, Stadswal met kruitmagazijn.jpg, city wall with gunpowder warehouse.]]

Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (21 October 1810 – 17 July 1875) was a 19th-century painter from the Dutch Republic.

Biography

He was born in Utrecht, and had one brother, Reinier Craeyvanger.[http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/18942 Gijsbertus Craeyvanger] in the RKD He was a pupil of Jan Willem Pieneman at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in Amsterdam, and later became a teacher at a drawing school in Utrecht. His most notable pupil was Albert Neuhuys. Though he is known for landscapes, he also painted figures in the landscapes of Carel Jacobus Behr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rubylane.com/item/2008615-RL-014/19th-Century-Oil-Painting-Gijsbertus-Craeyvanger|title=19th Century Oil Painting Gijsbertus Craeyvanger 1856|website=Ruby Lane|language=en|access-date=2019-12-18}}

Craeyvanger died in Amsterdam.

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Category:1810 births

Category:1895 deaths

Category:19th-century Dutch painters

Category:Dutch male painters

Category:Dutch landscape painters

Category:Painters from Utrecht (city)

Category:19th-century Dutch male artists

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