Background
He was born in Amsterdam and became the pupil of the genre painter Jacobus Johannes Lauwers and after he died in 1800, of Lauwers" brother-in-law Johannes de Frey.
He was born in Amsterdam and became the pupil of the genre painter Jacobus Johannes Lauwers and after he died in 1800, of Lauwers" brother-in-law Johannes de Frey.
He then studied perspective under Pieter Pietersz Barbiers and began to make landscapes. He moved to Nijmegen in 1811 and is known for landscapes and portraits and taught Christiaan Wilhelmus Moorrees. He died in Nijmegen.
