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Meindert Hobbema

1638 - 1709

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Meindert Lubbertszoon Hobbema (bapt. 31 October 1638 – 7 December 1709) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes, specializing in views of woodland, although his most famous painting, The Avenue at Middelharnis (1689, National Gallery, London), shows a different type of scene. Hobbema was a pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael, the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and in his mature period produced paintings developing one aspect of his master's more varied output, specializing in "sunny forest scenes opened by roads and glistening ponds, fairly flat landscapes with scattered tree groups, and water mills", including over 30 of the last in paintings. The majority of his mature works come from the 1660s; after he married and took a job as an exciseman in 1668 he painted less, and after 1689 apparently not at all. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meindert Hobbema is the 397th most popular painter (down from 330th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Dutch Painter.

Meindert Hobbema is most famous for his paintings of Dutch landscapes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Meindert Hobbema ranks 397 out of 2,023. Before him are Johan Zoffany, Erich Heckel, Stefan Lochner, Pietro Cavallini, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and Melozzo da Forlì. After him are Karl Bryullov, Konrad Witz, Palma Vecchio, Jules Pascin, Giambattista Pittoni, and Joseph Kosuth.

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Among people born in 1638, Meindert Hobbema ranks 11. Before him are Nicolas Steno, Zeb-un-Nissa, Emperor Go-Sai, Catherine of Braganza, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, and Elisabetta Sirani. After him are James Gregory, Frederik Ruysch, Christoph Cellarius, Carlo Fontana, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, and Gerrit Berckheyde. Among people deceased in 1709, Meindert Hobbema ranks 6. Before him are Ivan Mazepa, Andrea Pozzo, Giuseppe Torelli, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. After him are François Louis, Prince of Conti, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Meindert Hobbema ranks 150 out of 1,646. Before him are Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), Robert van Gulik (1910), Geert Hofstede (1928), Paulus Potter (1625), and Joris Ivens (1898). After him are Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Johnny Rep (1951), Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Corry Brokken (1932), and Jeroen Krabbé (1944).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Meindert Hobbema ranks 36. Before him are Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Ferdinand Bol (1616), Karel Appel (1921), and Paulus Potter (1625). After him are Maarten van Heemskerck (1498), Rachel Ruysch (1664), Pieter Lastman (1583), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Ary Scheffer (1795), and Abraham Bloemaert (1566).

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