The Life and Artistic Journey of Simon Moulijn Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Simon Moulijn was a prominent Dutch painter, draughtsman, and graphic artist. His formal education began at the Rotterdam Academy of Arts and continued at the Rijksakademie voor beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, where he studied under August Allebé. During his formative years, he encountered fellow artists such as Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, Richard Roland Holst, and Isaac Israëls. Following his studies, Moulijn engaged in a period of artistic wandering, living and working in various locations including Drenthe, Rotterda…
A chart of Simon Moulijn's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.