Backhuysen rapidly gained widespread fame Despite his late start as a professional painter, Backhuysen rapidly gained widespread fame and patronage. He became the unchallenged leading seascape painter of the Netherlands after Willem van de Velde the Elder (Dutch, - ) and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger (Dutch, - ) immigrated to England in late or early
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Ludolf Backhuysen (born December 28, , Emden, East Frisia [Germany]—buried November 12, , Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a Dutch painter, celebrated for his sea pieces. Backhuysen studied under the Dutch painters Allart van Everdingen and Hendrik Dubbels.
Ludolf Backhuyzen was born in Ludolf BACKHUYSEN – Bakhuysen started his career as a bookkeeper. He had a very nice handwriting and loved to arithmetic. Working for a wealthy merchant at Amsterdam, he discovered so strong a genius for painting that he relinquished the business and devoted himself to art.
The first acquisition under this Ludolf Bakhuizen was born on December 28, , in Emden, East Friesland. He began his artistic career as a calligrapher before moving to Amsterdam in In Amsterdam, he studied under Allart van Everdingen and Hendrick Jacobsz Dubbels.
Ludolf Bakhuizen was a German-born Dutch Ludolf Backhuysen became the undisputed leader of the Dutch sea-storm painting genre during the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Largely self-taught, he turned to painting only after earlier careers as a clerk and accountant, and a calligrapher and draftsman.
Ludolf Backhuysen. Emden 1630 -
Short biography of Ludolf Backhuysen ( - ). Dutch painter and calligrapher, born in Emden (Germany). He [ ]. 
A Catalogue of the Ludolf Bakhuizen, transkribováno také Backhuyzen, Ludolf Backhuysen , Olej na plátně, ,5 × cm, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brusel.
Visitor @carolinebpryor shared this photo Ludolf Backhuysen; Date of birth: 28 December Emden: Date of death: 7 November Amsterdam: Work period (start) Ludolf Bakhuizen and Bartholomeus van der.