Background
He was born in Doetinchem to Albert Otten and Anna Hendrica Huslij, and added his mother"s surname to his name from 1760, probably because he was a pupil of her family members Hans Jacob Huslij and Hendrik Huslij.
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Jacob Husly
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He made designs in the popular neoclassical style in the eighteenth century. He was the director of the drawing academy in Amsterdam called the Stadstekenacademie. He died, aged 57, in Kampen.
Achievements
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He won prizes in various drawing competitions and in 1768 he wrote a pamphlet on competitions for the city drawing academy in Amsterdam. In 1775 he won a prize for the new City Hall to be build in Groningen. In 1787-1779 he won a prize for the new building called Felix Meritis in Amsterdam to house a new society of the arts and sciences there.
