KAMPER, Godaert

German painter active in the Netherlands. In 1633 he moved to Leiden, where he married in 1644. Between 1648 and 1658 he was a member of the Painters' GuildGLOSSARYAn association of the masters of a particular craft, trade or profession (painters, goldsmiths, surgeons, and so on) set up to protect its members' rights and interests. Such guilds existed in virtually every European city in the 16th century. The guild also monitored standards of work, acted as a court for those who brought their trade into disrepute, and provided assistance to members in need. of Saint Luke in Leiden. In 1659 he moved to Amsterdam. From 1663-1672 he lived in Naarden, where he painted portraits, especially group portraits, among which that of the regents of the orphanage. In 1674 he returned to Leiden.

He produced genreGLOSSARYIn a broad sense, the term is used to mean a particular branch or category of art; landscape and portraiture, for example, are genres of painting, and the essay and the short story are genres of literature. paintings, landscapes and portraits. His genre scenes are made in an elegant style reminiscent of the style of Anthonie Palamedesz. In the landscapes he followed the work of seventeenth-century Dutch masters, especially Aert van der Neer and Meindert Hobbema.