From the age of fourteen Cornelis Kruseman attended the Amsterdamse Tekenacademie and received tuition from Charles Howard Hodges (1764–1837) and Jean Augustin Daiwaille (1786–1850),[2] as well as Petrus Antonius Ravelli (1788–1861).

[2] He remained in Italy for four years, working with and learning from artists Jean-Victor Schnetz and Louis Léopold Robert.

In 1826 he published a travel account of his journey to Italy, entitled Aanteekeningen van C. Kruseman, betrekkelijk deszelfs kunstreis en verblijf in Italië.

[1] Some of his many students included his second cousin Jan Adam Kruseman (1804–1862), Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate (1822–1891), Adrianus Johannes Ehnle and Raden Saleh.

The foundation's objective is to gain more recognition for the work of Cornelis Kruseman and his painting relatives.