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Martinus Schouman

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Martinus Schouman
Born1770
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Died1848 (aged 77–78)
Breda, Netherlands
NationalityDutch Republic
Known forPainting
The Dutch and English fleets meet on the way to Boulogne, 1805

Martinus Schouman (1770 – 1848) was a painter from the Dutch Republic.

Biography

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Schouman was born in 1770 in Dordrecht. According to the RKD he was the pupil and grandnephew of Aert Schouman and the brother of Aert II.[1] His pupils were Pieter Arnout Dijxhoorn, Jan de Greef, Pieter Martinus Gregoor, Matthijs Quispel, Johannes Christiaan Schotel, and his son Izaak Schouman.[1] He is known for marines and landscapes and was a member of the Dordrecht artist's society Pictura and the Royal society of the fine arts in Brussels.[1] He died in 1848 in Breda.

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