November 04, 2012 <Back to Index> Archaeologist Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos, 1901 Painter Jan Willem Pieneman, 1779 8th President of the Philippines Carlos Polestico García, 1896 This page is sponsored by: PAGE SPONSOR

Jan Willem Pieneman (4 November 1779, Abcoude - 8 April 1853, Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter who studied at the Amsterdamse Stadstekenacademie. In 1805 he was appointed as drawing instructor at the artillery and engineering training centre in Amersfoort. He was particularly noted for his paintings depicting events from the history of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1820 he was appointed as first director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten) in Amsterdam, and from 1844 to 1847 he was director of the Rijksmuseum which at that time was still housed in the Trippenhuis. He played an important role as mentor and tutor to a group of young artists, one of whom was Jozef Israëls.