1. Leonard Ochtman was a Dutch-American Impressionist painter who specialized in landscapes.
10 Facts About Leonard Ochtman
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Leonard Ochtman was a founding member of the Cos Cob Art Colony and the Greenwich Society of Artists.
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Leonard Ochtman was born in Zonnemaire, Netherlands as the son of a decorative painter.
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Leonard Ochtman's family moved to Albany, New York in 1866.
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In 1879, Leonard Ochtman moved from Albany to New York City where he roomed with fellow painter, Charles Warren Eaton.
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In New York City, Leonard Ochtman worked with a group of artists who were important in the development of the impressionist movement in the United States.
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Leonard Ochtman traveled to Europe in 1886, where he was influenced by the Dutch Hague School painters Jacob Maris and Anton Mauve.
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From Grayledge, the house that he built overlooking the Mianus River, Leonard Ochtman instructed younger artists boarding at the nearby Bush-Holley House.
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In 1910 and 1911, Leonard Ochtman held classes for the New York Summer School at Grayledge.
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Leonard Ochtman died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut on October 27,1934.