Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller - Ophaalbrug met roeiboot, herenhuis en zeilboot op de achtergrond

Wijsmuller often painted the water and lake area around Kortenhoef.
He must be counted among the so-called painters of the Hague School.
Wijsmuller was also a masterly watercolourist.

In 1882 he visited the Brussels Academy of Visual Arts, where he met Gabriel. PJC Gabriel is regarded as one of the great masters of the Hague School and as one of the most important Kortenhoef painters.

At that time, Wijsmuller had also developed into an exceptional watercolourist. Because of his abilities in this field, he was admitted to the Sociéte Belge des Aquarellistes. Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller, soon got the nickname "Jan de Goeierd", because he received many awards at various exhibitions.

Back in the Netherlands, the polder and lake area in particular has become his favorite place to work. He can often be found in Kortenhoef, where he endlessly draws and paints farms, polder canals and village views. In Kortenhoef he was also friends with Bernard van Beek and Breitner, who often asked him for advice. Wijsmuller was also often to be found in the courthouse of Kortenhoef. His work was therefore not missing from the collection of donated works, which made the Courthouse into a museum at the time.

He worked in both oil and watercolor. His smooth painting style and fresh colors have brought him so much success that several museums already bought his work in his time.


His work is included in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, among others.