Richard Bisschop

Vocation

Family

Dutch painter, draftsman and watercolorist. He was the tenth of the ten children of the merchant in iron Eelco Cuperus Bisschop (20 March 1825, Leeuwarden - 11 April 1895, Rotterdam) and Dieuwke Peters (?- 21 July 1870, Rotterdam), who married 6 May 1848 in Leeuwarden. His uncle was the painter Christoffel Bisschop. He was trained as an architectural drafter, but since age 22 he also painted being advised by his uncle. Later he decided make a profession of his hobby and studied at the Rotterdam Art Academy. But his old profession can be seen back in his church interiors and city portraits. On 30 June 1892 he married in 's-Hertogenbosch the art painter Suze Robertson (17 December 1855, Den Haag – 18 October 1922, Den Haag), the daughter of a rich merchant, which allowed her to paint instead of to marry and get children (Amsterdam "Joffers"). They got a daughter Sara Bisschop (10 February 1894, Den Haag - 8 December 1992, Den Haag) who also became a painter. Sara married on 5 June 1925 the painter Christiaan Hendrik Eckhart (23 July 1883, Rotterdam - 4 January 1946, Den Haag) and their daughter Suzanne Eckhart (17 May 1929) became a sculptor. He worked and lived in Rotterdam (1871-1881), Den Haag (1882-1895), Etten-Leur (1895-1898) and Den Haag (1898). Among his students were Alida den Breems, Cornelia Devivier-Bloemink, Sara van der Hoeven and Daniël Jordens. He and his wife were member of the Pulchri Studio in Den Haag. He died 22 March 1926 at age 76 in Bergen. Link to Dutch Wikipedia