Like Barent Koekoek, Jan Frederik Schtz Was Originally From Middelburg, Capital Of The Province Of Zeeland On The Island Of Walcheren In The Netherlands. He Was Born In 1817 Into A Family Of Sailors And Was Destined For A Career As A Sailor, But His Mother Died When He Was Only Sixteen And He Had To Work In The Smoked Salmon Trade. But His Talents As A Draftsman Allowed Him To Enter The Famous Middelburg Drawing Academy In 1839, At The Age Of Twenty-two. And In 1843, He Exhibited His First Painting At The Levende Master Exhibition In The Hague. Schtz Did Many Nature Studies. He Worked Mainly On Walcheren And Had A Preference For Seaside Boats. He Went On An Expedition. For Example, We Know That Around 1845, He Sailed For Two Weeks On A Fishing Boat In The North Sea. He Probably Witnessed.
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