Name Pieter Dommersen | ||
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Died 1908, Hexham, United Kingdom | ||
Children William Raymond Dommersen | ||
Pieter Cornelis Dommersen, born as Dommershuisen, (Utrecht, Netherlands, 6 December 1833 – Hexhem, England 18 November 1918 ) was originally a Dutch painter and watercolourist. He is also known as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen and signed his work as P.C. Dommersen, or P.C.Dommershuisen and also P.C. Dommershuizen.
Family
Dommerson was born in 1833 in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuisen, illegitimate son of Cornelia Henriette Dommershuisen. He was the elder brother of the painter Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen, also an illegitimately born child (in fact, Cornelia Henriette had 4 more illegitimate children). Pieter Cornelis moved from the Netherlands to England in around 1855. His son William Raymond Dommersen (Dommerson) (1859-1927) also became a fine art artist in England, all three Dommersens painting the same genre of paintings.
