Gerard van Nijmegen
Romantic dramatic landscapes with atmospheric skies
Gerard van Nijmegen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and etcher. He worked in the style of Romanticism. Van Nijmegen was the son of painter Dionys van Nijmegen, who also trained him. Initially he started as a decorative painter, but soon he focused on dramatic landscapes and forest views, in an early romantic style, with a lot of emphasis on atmosphere. Also characteristic are his imposing skies, inspired by seventeenth-century painters such as Jacob van Ruisdael. He often chose un-Dutch mountainous environments, with waterfalls and wild trees. He derived the inspiration for this from two trips along the Rhine, which he made with his wife Susanna Catharina Nijgh, who was also a painter. He also worked a lot in the Veluwe. He died in 1808, aged 72
Relationship Network
Master student
- Dionys van Nijmegen Master
Influenced by
- Jacob van Ruisdael Source
Parent child
- Dionys van Nijmegen Parent
Artworks by this artist
- Buchenstamm am Waldrand, davor ein abgefallener Ast
- Titelblad voor kunstboek met Gecouleurde Teekeningen 1745 - 1808
- Mountainous Landscape near Düsseldorf 1790
- Portret van Cornelis de Grient 1775
- A River Landscape 1783
- Landschaft mit Fernsicht, links Bäume, auf dem Weg eine Schafherde
- Waldwiese mit Vieh, rechts am Zaun der Hirte
- Portret van Frans Gijsels 1776
- Eine Waldpartie, inmitten ein Karren mit zwei Ochsen
- Allegory of Painting and Drawing 1801