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| Jacobus van Looy Self-portrait ca. 1885-95 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Jacobus van Looy [also called Jac van Looij] (1855-1930) grew up in an orphanage in Haarlem after the early deaths of his mother and father. Apprenticed as a house-painter, he yet managed to gain an art training. In 1884 he won a prize that allowed him to travel and study for two years in Italy, Spain and Morocco. Returning to the Netherlands he flourished for more than forty years as both fine artist and fiction writer, though little remembered today outside his native country. After the death of his widow in 1949 their house was transformed into a museum, but it folded in 1967.
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| Jacobus van Looy Man in profile before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Man sitting at a desk before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Newspaper reader before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Seated man reading before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Newspaper reader before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Seated man in theater before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Study of man in cafe before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Seated child before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Standing child before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Drapery study before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Drapery study of sleeve before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Drapery study of trousers before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacobus van Looy Study of owl before 1930 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |