Artist
Carel Jacobus Behr
Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1812–1895
Carel Jacobus Behr was a Kingdom of the Netherlands Biedermeier artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum. Carel Jacobus Behr was born in The Hague.
Carel Jacobus Behr (9 July 1812 in The Hague – 11 November 1895) was a Dutch painter, watercolorist and draftsman. He was a pupil of Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove and mainly painted cityscapes, genre scenes and portraits. In 1836 he produced, commissioned by The Hague municipal government, an image of the town hall there, which carried off the approval of connoisseurs.
In 1837 he became a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. His work is found in various collections and different exhibitions, like at the Hague in 1839, Rotterdam in 1840 and again at the Hague in 1841.
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