Albertus Gerardus Bilders

Place: Utrecht

Born: 1838

Death: 1865

Biography:

Gerard Bilders was a Dutch landscape-painter, associated with some members of the Hague School, as Anton Mauve and Willem Maris. He was born in Utrecht, where he lived until 1856, though from 1841 to 1845 the Bilders family lived in Oosterbeek, a village near Arnhem which later became a major center for Dutch art. Bilders was born in Utrecht, where he lived until 1856, though from 1841 to 1845 the Bilders family lived in Oosterbeek, a village near Arnhem which later became a major center for Dutch art. At the end of 1856 and beginning of 1857 Gerard Bilders was frequently visiting the Mauritshuis in The Hague, where he studied and copied the paintings of 17th century Dutch masters. He was a student of his father Johannes Bilders, and later of Willem Maris. He died in Oosterbeek in 1865.