Background
Van Hove was born in The Hague. According to the RKD he was the grandson of the painter Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove for whom he is named, and the son of Johannes and nephew of Hubertus.
Van Hove was born in The Hague. According to the RKD he was the grandson of the painter Bartholomeus Johannes van Hove for whom he is named, and the son of Johannes and nephew of Hubertus.
He was a pupil of Jozef Geefs and Eugène Lacomblé at the Akademie van beeldende kunsten in The Hague. In 1885 he became a teacher at the Quellinusschool in Amsterdam and in 1889 he became a director there. His pupils were Max Alexander Alandt, January Hendrik Baars, Thom Balfoort, Louise Beijerman, Gerard Bourgonjon, Leo Brom, January Bronner, Lambertus Franciscus Edema van der Tuuk, Annie Ermeling, August Falise, Chris Hammes, Albert Hemelman, Gerard Hoppen, Bernardus IJzerdraat, Hildo Krop, Louis Maria van der Maas, Joseph (II) Mendes da Costa, Elisabeth Francisca Nieuwenhuis, Frederik Amalius van Oostveen, John Rädecker, Theo van Reijn, January Rotgans, John Ruys, Lizzy Schouten, Jo Schreve-IJzerman, Anton Smeerdijk, Kees Smout, Jacobus Frederik Sterre de Jong, Henri Teixeira de Mattos, Frans Werner, Johannes Cornelis Wienecke, and Dirk Wolbers.
Van Hove died, aged 63, in Amsterdam.
Arti et Amicitiae]
He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and became the chairman from 1909 to 1913.