Cornelis Kuypers

Cornelis Kuypers (Gorinchem, September 20, 1864 – Soest, October 29, 1932) was a Dutch painter and watercolourist. He mainly made landscapes and waterscapes, and is considered part of the second generation of the Hague School.

After completing the Quellinus Applied Arts School in Amsterdam, he was apprenticed to his father Jan Kuypers, who was a landscape painter. In 1892 he married Elisabeth Terlingen and settled in Rijswijk, where he came under the influence of the Hague School. In 1896 he moved with his family to Renkum, where he often went to the Veluwe to paint 'en plein air'. Later he derived the nickname "painter of the Veluwezoom" from this.

Kuypers mainly painted waterscapes and landscapes in typical Dutch environments. Figures always remained subordinate to nature. Later in his career, the emphasis in his work was placed on large, light clouds.

When his children went to secondary school, Kuypers moved back to The Hague. He then moved with his wife to Soest, where he died in 1932 while playing billiards, aged 68.

Kuypers was very successful with his work abroad, especially in the United States, where he sold a lot of work through art dealership Buffa. In 1907 and 1911 he won medals at an international salon in Barcelona. His work can be seen in the Museum Arnhem, the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, among others.

Kuypers' son Johan (1894-1981) was also a painter.