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Looy, Jacobus van
(b Haarlem, 13 Sept 1855; d Haarlem, 24 Feb 1930). Dutch painter, draughtsman and writer. He was an orphan and received his first artistic training in Haarlem from D. J. H. Joosten (1818–82), the flower and still-life painter. In 1837 he became an active member of the Haarlem drawing society Kunst Zij ons Doel (‘Let art be our aim’). With the help of the curator of the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, he prepared himself for a course at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Between 1877 and 1884 he was taught there by various artists including August Allebé. In 1880 he set up the Kunstenaars-vereniging St Lucas (St Luke Society of Artists), together with Willem Witsen and Antoon Derkinderen. He moved in literary circles and in 1885 made his début as a writer in the avant-garde magazine De Nieuwe Gids (‘The new guide’).
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