Allart van Everdingen (1621-1675)Allart van Everdingen was born in Alkmaar. He was the younger brother of the history painter Cesar van Everdingen. According to the biographer Houbraken, Allart learned his art from the painters Roelant Savery and Pieter de Molyn. In 1644 he journeyed to Scandinavia. His travel sketches became the inspiration for later paintings. Once back in the Netherlands, Van Everdingen settled first in Haarlem and later in Amsterdam, where he remained until his death. He probably he travelled to Sweden once again in the 1660s in connection with a commission from Amsterdam's Trip family. Van Everdingen was the first Dutch painter to portray the Swedish landscape. His only known pupil was the marine painter Ludolf Bakhuizen. |
