Johan Heinrich Neuman
Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes
Johan Heinrich Neuman was a Dutch painter and lithographer . lNeuman was born in Cologne as the son of the merchant Gerrit Neuman (1785-1859) and Henriette Cornelia Nahuijs (1795-1844) from Schoonhoven. He married Aletta Catharina Petronella Elisabeth Theunisz in 1850. From this marriage, among others, the painter Clasine Neuman was born. Neuman was educated at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam and was a student of Louis Henri de Fontenay, Jan Adam Kruseman and Nicolaas Pieneman. He painted genre scenes and portraits, sometimes on the basis of photographs. His portraits were very similar and not always beautiful. He also made miniatures on ivory and lithographs. Neuman became a member of Arti et Amicitiae in 1849 and exhibited at the exhibitions of Living Masters, among others . He died in 1898, at the age of 79.
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Master student
- Louis Henri de Fontenay Student
- Jan Adam Kruseman Master
Artworks by this artist
- Gerard Johan Verloren van Themaat (1809-90). Lid van de Gedeputeerde Staten van Utrecht 1874
- Portrait of the Metelerkamp family
- Portrait of Jan Heemskerk Azn (1818-1897) 1896
- Wilhelmina Margaretha van den Bosch (1807-74). Echtgenote van Gerard Johan Verloren van Themaat 1874
- Pieter Mijer (1812-81). Gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Oost Indië 1876
- Portrait of Jacques Fabrice Herman Perk (1859-1881) 1882
- Pieter Mijer (1812-81). Gouverneur-generaal (1866-71) 1874
- Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1818-89). Dichter 1875
- Herman Frederik ten Kate. Schilder (1822-91) 1850 - 1890
- Portrait of Johannes Cornelis van Pappelendam (1810-1884). Artist and Art Dealer. Superintendent of the Van der Hoop Museum 1876
- Portrait of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Minister of State and Minister of the Interior 1852
- Jeanette Antoinette Pietermaat (1818-70). Echtgenote van Pieter Mijer 1876