Arthur Henri Christiaan (Arthur) Briët (Madonna, January 25, 1867 - Nunspeet, February 23, 1939) was a Dutch painter. Briët was born in 1867 in Java, son of the preacher Paul Fredrik Willem Briët and Susanna Ignatia van Leeuwen. His father died when Arthur was one year old. His mother returned to the Netherlands, remarried and lived in Utrecht. Briët grew up in Utrecht and drawing lessons from Jozef Hoevenaar. He followed further drawing and painting courses from 1884 at the Academy of Antwerp, where he was taught by Alexandre Struys and Charles Verlat. While studying in Antwerp, in 1886, he received a royal scholarship which, after completing his studies in Antwerp, allowed him to continue his studies in Paris in 1888. From Paris he traveled to various Italian places to paint. After returning to Paris, and after a stay in the Belgian Mechelen, he returned to the Netherlands. He subsequently painted in Noord-Brabant, Utrecht and The Hague. After his marriage with Johanna Sophia Antonia Vorsterman of Oijen on May 18, 1893, Oisterwijk, he settled in Nunspeet, where he painted many scenes. Briët drew and painted portraits, genre pieces and landscapes. His work was purchased by, among others, the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. In the Netherlands, Briët's work is located in the Municipal Museum The Hague, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Kröller-Mueller Museum in Otterlo, Van Abbemuseum to Eindhoven, the Singer Museum in Laren, the Noord-Veluws Museum and various other museums. In 1937 Briët was named to Officier in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He died in February 1939 at the age of 72 in Nunspeet, where he was living at the time. [Google translation of https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bri%C3%ABt] undefined

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