Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate (artist)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, the Elder

Portrait of H.F.C. ten Kate.
Born 16 February 1822
The Hague
Died 26 March 1891 (aged 69)
The Hague
Spouse(s) Married
Children Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, the younger

Herman Frederik Carel, or Herman ten Kate, the Elder (16 February 1822 – 26 March 1891) was a Dutch artist of painting, lithography, draftsmanship and printmaking. He was notable as a teacher, and renowned for his water colours and paintings of historical genre with emphasis on military figures. His contemporary artists who also followed on the same genre of paintings were David Bles, Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff and Charles Rochussen.[1] He received royal patronage under King William III of the Netherlands.[2]

Early life

Left: H.F.C. ten Kate's painting, La Dispute. Right: H.F.C. ten Kate's water colour, The pillage.

He was born in The Hague on 16 February 1822, the son of Jan Herman ten Kate (1789-1860), and Johanna Henriette Adriana de Witte van Haemstede (1792-1858). He was a student of Cornelis Kruseman from 1837 and 1841. After his education he traveled to Belgium, Germany, Italy and France, during 1841-42. In Paris, Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier advised him on his paining work and contributed to his improvements in knowledge on the subject. On his return from his travels, he studied in the Municipal Academy (1942) and at the Royal Academy of Art (1841–42).[1][3]

Career

1872 stamp designed by Ten Kate

His career started in 1837. Some of Ten Kate's paintings, which were very popular with the public, depicted interior scenes of guard rooms with Spanish or Dutch soldiers in uniform. His colouring was rich, and his brushwork was careful. Ten Kate's paintings were exhibited in the museums in The Hague (1867, 1869), Belgium, Germany, Italy, France (1840-1841), Amsterdam (1868), and Haarlem.[4] He was Director of The Academy of Arts (1860s).[3] During wartime, there was a decline in the sale of his military themed art work so he shifted his emphasis to landscape paintings. His art work titled Un counseil deguerre sold in June 1870 but his next paining didn't sell until February 1872.[5]

Personal life

His son, Herman F.C. ten Kate, the younger, was an anthropologist[6] who co-authored a paper on the skulls of decapitated criminals.[7] His younger brother, Mari ten Kate (1831-1900), also an artist, was more influenced by the Romanticists and freer in handling.[8] Ten Kate died in 1891.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Herman Frederik Carel Ten Kate (1822-1891)". artfact.com. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Kate, Herman Frederik Carel; Hovens, Pieter; Orr, William J. (2004). Travels and Researches In Native North America, 1882-1883. University of New Mexico Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-8263-3281-3. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 I︠U︡riĭ Kuznet︠s︡ov; Irina Vladimirovna Linnik (1982). Dutch painting in Soviet museums. H.N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-0803-1. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Creator:Herman ten Kate". Herman ten Kate. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Thomas W. Gaehtgens; Katja Zelljadt (30 April 2010). Getty Research Journal. Getty Publications. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-1-60606-017-9. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Frank (1997). History of Physical Anthropology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-8153-0490-6. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Fowler, Don D.; University of Arizona. Southwest Center (1 November 2000). A laboratory for anthropology: science and romanticism in the American Southwest, 1846-1930. University of New Mexico Press. p. 150. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Preyer, David Charles (1908). The art of The Netherland galleries: being a history of the Dutch School of painting - illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in the many galleries (Public domain ed.). L. C. Page & company. pp. 167–. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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