Pieter Stortenbecker

Place: The Hague

Born: 1828

Death: 1898

Biography:

Pieter Stortenbeker (1828, The Hague – 1898, The Hague) was a Dutch painter, aquarellist and engraver of The Hague School. He applied himself to genre painting, landscapes, animal painting and townscapes. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and at the Antwerp Academy. He was a member of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague and the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij in Amsterdam. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and at the World Exhibitions in Paris (1855, 1867, 1878) and Vienna (1873). He was awarded a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867. He was a teacher at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1864 to 1897. He was a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. His work is represented in the collections of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Dordrechts Museum, the Haags Gemeentemuseum, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, the National Museum in Warsaw, the National Museum in Krakow, the National Museum in Wroclaw, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Lodz, the National Museum in Kielce, the National Museum in Rzeszow, the National Museum in Torun, the National Museum in Bydgoszcz, the National Museum in Olsztyn, the National Museum in Bialystok, the National Museum in Lublin, the National Museum in Radom, the National Museum in Siedlce, the National Museum in Suwalki, the National Museum in Bielsko-Biala, the National Museum in Katowice, the National Museum in Krakow, the National Museum in Wroclaw, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan, the National Museum in Gdansk, the National Museum in Szczecin, the National Museum in Poznan