# KNIP, Nicolaas Frederik [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1741–1808 - Profession: painter - School: Dutch ## Biography Dutch painter, part of a family of artists. He began his career in 1772 as a wallpaper painter in Tilburg and from 1786 was active in 's-Hertogenbosch. His work has an artisan character. He also painted signboards \('s-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum\). He worked with other artists such as Quirinus van Amelsfoort \(1762-1820\), to whose landscapes he sometimes added staffage \(e.g. 's-Hertogenbosch, Stadhuis\). Later he concentrated on flower and fruit still-lifes, which were of variable quality. He lost his sight in 1795. ## Related artworks - [A Stone Urn with Flowers and Fruit]() - [Liberty]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()