Jacob Otten Husly

He was born in Doetinchem to Albert Otten and Anna Hendrica Huslij, and added his mother's surname to his name from 1760, probably because he was a pupil of her family members Hans Jacob Huslij and Hendrik Huslij. He made designs in the popular neoclassical style in the eighteenth century. He won prizes in various drawing competitions and in 1768 he wrote a pamphlet on competitions for the city drawing academy in Amsterdam.'Redevoering over de Lotgevallen van de Academie der Tekenkunst te Amsterdam, Gedaan ter gelegenheid van 't Uitdeelen der Pryzen, enz. Op Woensdag den 5 October 1768', by J.O. Husly

He was the director of the drawing academy in Amsterdam called the Stadstekenacademie.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/116049 Jacob Otten Husly] in the RKD In 1772–1776 he designed and built the City Hall, Weesp with his nephew Leendert Viervant the Younger. In 1775 he won a prize for the new City Hall to be built in Groningen.[http://www.groningerarchieven.nl/historie/de-grote-markt/het-stadhuis City hall] history in the Groningen archives In 1787–1779 he won a prize for the new building called Felix Meritis in Amsterdam to house a new society of the arts and sciences there. In Haarlem he assisted his nephew Viervant with decorations for the Oval room, the first room of the Teylers Museum.[http://www.teylersmuseum.eu/index.php?item=116&i_id=6247&kw=husley&lang=nl Viervant] in the Teylers website He died, aged 57, in Kampen.

File:Felix Meritis.jpg|Felix Meritis

File:Rådhuset Groningen NL.jpg|City hall, Groningen

File:RM38608 Weesp - Nieuwstraat 41 (foto 1).jpg|City Hall, Weesp

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Category:18th-century Dutch architects

Category:Neoclassical architects

Category:1738 births

Category:1796 deaths

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