Dirk van Haaren

Who was Dirk van Haaren?

Dirk Johannes van Haaren was a Dutch painter.

Dirk Johannes van Haaren lived and worked in Amsterdam and in Sloten, North Holland. He was an autodidact and made watercolors as well as oil paintings. Is regarded as follower of the renowned Hague School. He painted mainly landscapes, often with water, windmills and cattle, views of the city of Amsterdam and, in his later phase, horses and riders.

He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Guild of Saint Luke, both in Amsterdam.