Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
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. The school supports visual artists with a two-year curriculum.
Michel de Klerk's 1918 competition design for the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Courtyard
Students in 1882
William I, King of the Netherlands, continued the Prix de Rome.
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 major initiator and promoter of Amsterdam Impressionism, the artist's association St. Lucas, and the movement of the Amsterdamse Joffers. Amsterdam Impressionism – sometimes referred to by art historians as the School of 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 he fostered a cosmopolitan attitude toward art and the promotion and motivation of his students, and provided a significant stimulus to developments in modern art.
Portrait by Hendrik Maarten Krabbé
Portrait by Allebé of Johannes Luden, 1868, collection Teylers Museum
Floris Arntzenius (1874/1925): Market with flower stalls, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Nicolaas Bastert (1890): Vechtlandschap