Petrus Kiers

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Still life with pitcher and fruit, 1830, collection Teylers Museum

Petrus Kiers (1807, Meppel – 1875, Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he moved to Amsterdam in 1820 where he married the painter Elisabeth Alida Haanen.^[1] He was a member of the Amsterdam artist collectives Arti et Amicitiae from 1839 and Kunstbevorderend Genootschap V.W.^[1] He won a silver medal in 1841 in a competition at Felix Meritis for a romantic painting of a washerwoman.^[1] He was the father of the painters George Lourens Kiers and Catharina Kiers.^[1] He is known for still lifes and genre works with romantic candlelight scenes.^[1]

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Petrus Kiers in the RKD

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Name	Kiers, Petrus
Alternative names
Short description	19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands
Date of birth	1807
Place of birth	Meppel
Date of death	1875
Place of death	Amsterdam

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