Moritz Calisch

Moritz Calisch (12 April 1819, Amsterdam – 13 March 1870, Amsterdam), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Self portrait

Biography

According to the RKD he studied at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam under Jan Adam Kruseman and became a member of Arti et Amicitiae, where he later served as vice-chairman.[1] In 1834 he won 150 guilders from the Drawing society of Rotterdam and a double silver medal for two paintings; A nursery visit in the family of a fisherman and Louis Bonaparte offering assistance during a flood.[2] He is known for portraits of the Jewish elite of Amsterdam, but also for historical genre works in the romantic style of the 19th century.[1] He was himself Jewish and three of his friends took the initiative to create a monument in his name.

  • Young woman in prayer, 1850, collection Teylers Museum
  • Itinerant Medicine Vendor
  • A Mother's Blessing, 1844

References
  1. Moritz Calisch in the RKD
  2. Abraham Jacob van der Aa
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