Amsterdam Harbour. Abraham Storck. 1644Ð1708). Dutch landscape and marine painter. Like his father and three brothers, all artists, he used the name Sturckenburch and only changed it to Storck around 1688. Considered the best of them all, he lived and worked in Amsterdam where he entered the Guild of St Luke before establishing an independent studio. Its prolific production of fashionable harbour scenes and topographical views required the employment of assistants, and this contributed to an uneven quality in his works. Other artists had significant influence on him. He seems to have learned
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Amsterdam Harbour. Abraham Storck. 1644Ð1708). Dutch landscape and marine painter. Like his father and three brothers, all artists, he used the name Sturckenburch and only changed it to Storck around 1688. Considered the best of them all, he lived and worked in Amsterdam where he entered the Guild of St Luke before establishing an independent studio. Its prolific production of fashionable harbour scenes and topographical views required the employment of assistants, and this contributed to an uneven quality in his works. Other artists had significant influence on him. He seems to have learned the detailed portrayal of ships from the van de Veldes and modelled some of his battle and winter scenes on Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraten... .