Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen (1756 – 1825), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
He was born in Arnhem and trained in Haarlem where he was a pupil of Wybrand Hendriks.[1] He returned to Arnhem where he became a successful fruit and flower painter and respected director of the drawing academy there.[1] He died in Arnhem.
References
- 1 2 Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen in the RKD
- 1 artwork by or after Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen at the Art UK site
- Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen on Artnet
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