13 Facts About Floris Arntzenius

Pieter Florentius Nicolaas Jacobus Arntzenius was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, illustrator and printmaker.

Floris Arntzenius is considered a representative of the younger generation of the Hague School.

Floris Arntzenius was born in Surabaya on the island of Java where his father served in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army.

Back in Amsterdam, Floris Arntzenius became a member of the artist's societies Arte et Amicitiae and St Lucas, and he had a studio at the Sarphatistraat.

In 1892 his mother became widowed and moved to The Hague and Floris Arntzenius moved there to keep her company.

Floris Arntzenius became a member of the artist's society Pulchri Studio in The Hague in 1892.

Floris Arntzenius contributed illustrations to Elsevier Geillustreerd Maandschrift from 1892 to 1894.

Floris Arntzenius got married in 1900, to Lide Doorman, a talented painter of floral still lives, who lived in the house opposite of Arntzenius' mother, together they had four daughters, who he frequently painted.

Floris Arntzenius was an accomplished artist in several mediums, but especially his watercolours gained high praise.

Floris Arntzenius later switched to mainly painting cityscapes and street scenes, just like Israels and Breitner made in Amsterdam.

Floris Arntzenius' cityscapes were painted mainly in misty or rainy weather, he made use of these weather conditions to have his subjects be reflected on the wet asphalt.

Floris Arntzenius painted a lot in Scheveningen, which had changed from the poor fishing village it was in the time of Jozef Israels and Hendrik Willem Mesdag, into a popular seaside resort.

Floris Arntzenius won prizes at the exhibitions of Munich, Venice, Pittsburgh and Brussels and his works sold well during his lifetime.