August Allebé was an artist and teacher from the Northern Netherlands. His early paintings were in a romantic style, but in his later work he was an exponent of realism and impressionism. He was a maj
Portrait by Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (1896)
Portrait by Allebé of Johannes Luden, 1868, collection Teylers Museum
Floris Arntzenius (1874/1925): Market with flower stalls, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Nicolaas Bastert (1890): Vechtlandschap
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. Th
August Allebé
…Allebé – was the counterflow to the very strong Hague School in the movement of Dutch Impressionism. As a professor at the Royal Academy of Amsterdam (Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten) he fostered a cosmopolitan attitude toward art and the promotion and motivation of his students, and provided a significant…
Michel de Klerk's 1918 competition design for the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
William I, King of the Netherlands, continued the Prix de Rome.