Jozef Israëls, (born January 27, 1824, Groningen, Netherlands-died August 12, 1911, The Hague), painter and etcher, often called the “Dutch Millet” (a reference to Jean-Franƈois Millet).
Israëls was the leader of the Hague School of peasant genre painting, which flourished in the Netherlands between 1860-1900. He began his studies in Amsterdam and from 1845 to 1847 worked in Paris under the academic painters Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche.
Dutch painter Jan Zoetelief Tromp (1872-1947) was born in Jakarta, where his father worked as an official in the former Dutch East Indies Colony. He was a painter of landscapes and Genre scenes, working largely in oil and watercolor. At an early age he showed great aptitude for drawing and consequently began his artistic training in 1887 with a summer course at the Academy of Fine Art in The Hague. Tromp subsequently continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, receiving much attention from August Allebé, the director of the Academy.
Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom was born in Schellingwoude August 23rd, 1805 and he died is Assen, the 1st of March 1880 (The Netherlands). He was a student of Adreas Schelfhout. He travelled to Germany, Belgium, Scotland and Great Brittain. He also visited numerous Dutch towns and villages.
Nicolaas J. Roosenboom worked together with Eugène Verboeckhoven. Painter of summer landscapes, river and town views, but his preference were the winterlandscapes. N. J. Roosenboom was a.o. teachter of F. M. Kruseman. Exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague. Works in possession of numerous Dutch museums.
Albert Guillaume (14 February 1873 – 10 August 1942) was a French painter and caricaturist. Born in Paris, France, Albert Guillaume became a leading caricaturist during the Belle Époque. While remembered for his poster art, Guillaume also did oil paintings such as "Soirée parisienne", a portrait of Parisian dinner society. He created theater posters as well as advertising posters that were greatly influenced by the work of one of the preeminent poster painters, Jules Chéret.
