Hendrik-Dirk Kruseman van Elten
American painter, 1829–1904, born Holland
SchoolHudson River School
BiographyBorn in Alkmaar, Holland, Kruseman van Elten spent most of his mature career in New York City. He studied landscape painting in Haarlem with Cornelis Lieste, then traveled in Holland, Germany, France and Belgium before coming to the United States in 1865. In New York, he exhibited at the National Academy of Design. His meticulous and atmospheric depictions of the region's landscape in paintings and etchings place him within the Hudson River School tradition.Person TypeIndividual
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American artist, born c.1893 in Hungary
American illustrator and painter, 1877–1972
American painter and etcher, 1864–1940
American painter, printmaker, 1796–1886
American painter, illustrator, and engraver, 1859–1950
