Cornelis Springer, Dutch (1817 - 1891)
Cornelis Springer was born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1817. He died in Hilversum, Holland in 1891. He studied carpentry under his father Willem Springer, and painting under Dutch painters hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, Kasparus Karsen, and Jacobus van der Stok. In 1847, he was awarded a Gold Medal for a painting of a church interior. In 1865, he was awarded the Leopold Order of Belgium. He is best known for paintings town scenes in Holland.
The art of Cornelis Springer is or has been exhibited and/or sold in museums, galleries, auction houses, and antique shops including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, England
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands
Simonis & Bruunk, Ede, The Netherlands
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Self portrait of Cornelis Springer
