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| Johan Antonie de Jonge (1864–1927) | ||||||||||
| A Dutch pastellist, watercolorist, painter, and draftsman, de Jonge was born in Rotterdam into an influential family. Initially studying law at The Hague, he took art lessons in his spare time, learning from various artists, including Fridolin Becker, Otto Erelman, Frits Jansen, and Suze Robertson. He became a lawyer in 1889 but abandoned his career in 1903 to focus on painting. He joined Pulchri Studio and began exhibiting his work, primarily depicting beach scenes, landscapes, interiors, and portraits, which generally followed the Dutch tradition, but with a more personal, intimate style. A modest artist, de Jonge exhibited only occasionally and remained largely unknown during his lifetime, selling few of his works. He died in The Hague. | ||||||||||
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