Jurriaan Andriessen (artist)

He began his art studies at the age of twelve with the decorative painter Anthony Elliger.

[1] In 1760, he attended the Technical School in Amsterdam and was awarded first prize for his graduation work in 1766.

That same year, he was accepted as a member of the Guild of Saint Luke and received a major order for wall decorations at the Huis te Manpad in Heemstede.

The couple settled in Amsterdam, where he and Izaäk Schmidt [nl] opened a workshop for making painted wallpaper.

[2] In addition, he was a notable teacher, whose students include Jan Bulthuis, Jacques Kuyper, Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk and Johann Georg Ziesenis as well as his son, Christiaan.