J.C.K. Klinkenberg was a nineteenth century painter who started his painting career as a student at the Academy of Fine Art in The Hague. Later he became a student of Louis Meijer (1809-1866), renowned for his seascapes. Finally, Klinkenberg studied under the tutelage of Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904) where he developed his extraordinary talent for rendering light in paintings. Bisschop was a painter of genre pieces and interiors, but Klinkenberg chose a different route: the one of cityscapes. Klinkenberg was mainly active in The Hague and Amsterdam, but visited other cities as well. Countless Dutch cities were immortalized by him. The cityscapes of Klinkenberg are well known, mainly because of his use of colors and dazzling light. Klinkenberg’s works are bright and atmospherically pleasing.
J.C.K. Klinkenberg, um aluno de J.H.L. Meijer e C. Bisschop, especializados em pintar vistas históricas da cidade, muitas vezes ensolaradas e refletidas na água de um canal ou porto interior. Seus contemporâneos admiravam o efeito da luz do sol em suas pinturas: uma luz forte e deslumbrante que iluminava poderosamente os tijolos vermelhos e o arenito branco das antigas empenas holandesas. Inúmeras cidades holandesas foram imortalizadas por ele. A representação topográfica e a maneira impressionista com que Klinkenberg registrou as paisagens urbanas conferem-lhe um lugar digno na rica tradição da pintura arquitetônica holandesa.
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