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Jacob Cats (1741 - Altona - 1799 - Amsterdam)
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Biography
Born in Altona, near Hamburg, Cats was still very young when his parents brought him to Amsterdam, where they eventually settled. In early 1759, he found employment in the wall-decoration workshop of a certain Jan Hendrik Troost van Groenendoelen, and in May 1762 set up his own business, producing, with considerable success, the painted wall-hangings that were so popular in Amsterdam interiors of the period. Eventually, however, this fashion began to decline, and Cats then turned his hand to the production of highly finished landscape drawings and watercolours, an art in which he became the leading figure in late-eighteenth century Holland. |
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