Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate (artist)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate, the Elder
Born16 February 1822
The Hague
Died26 March 1891(1891-03-26) (aged 69)
The Hague
SpouseMarried
ChildrenHerman 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 known for his paintings, drawings, and prints. He was notable as a teacher and renowned for his watercolours and paintings of historical genre with emphasis on military figures. David Bles, Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff and Charles Rochussen were his contemporary artists who followed the same painting genre. [1] He received royal patronage under King William III of the Netherlands.[2]

Early life

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[3] (1792–1858). He was a student of Cornelis Kruseman from 1837 to 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 painting. On his return from his travels, he studied at the Municipal Academy (1842) and at the Royal Academy of Art (1841–42).[1][4]

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 of Kate's paintings were exhibited in museums in The Hague (1867, 1869), Belgium, Germany, Italy, France (1840-1841), Amsterdam (1868), and Haarlem.[5] He was Director of The Academy of Arts (1860s).[4] During wartime, there was a decline in the sale of his military-themed artwork, so he shifted his emphasis to landscape paintings. His artwork titled Un counseil deguerre sold in June 1870, but his next painting sold in February 1872.[6]

Personal life

His son, Herman F.C. ten Kate, the younger, was an anthropologist[7] who co-authored a paper on the skulls of decapitated criminals.[8] His younger brother, Mari ten Kate (1831–1910), also an artist, was more influenced by the Romanticists and more accessible in handling.[9] Ten Kate died in 1891.

  • The Dispute, watercolour
    The Dispute, watercolour
  • The Pillage, 1869, watercolour
    The Pillage, 1869, watercolour

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Johanna Henriette Adriana de Witte van Haemstede
  4. ^ a b I︠U︡riĭ Kuznet︠s︡ov; Irina Vladimirovna Linnik (1982). Dutch painting in Soviet museums. H.N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-0803-1. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Creator:Herman ten Kate". Herman ten Kate. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Spencer, Frank (1997). History of Physical Anthropology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-8153-0490-6. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  8. ^ 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. ISBN 9780826320360. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  9. ^ 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.