Egbert van Drielst (Groningen, 12 March 1745 – Amsterdam, 4 June 1818) began his study of the painting in a factory in Groningen which produced mainly lacquered objects. He soon went to Haarlem, where he became an apprentice in the wallpaper factory of Jan Augustini. Van Drielst entered the wallpaper studio in Amsterdam where he conventional friendships with Adriaan de Lelie. He studied the out of date masters Salomon van Ruysdael, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Wijnants and in particular, Meindert Hobbema, and sought to make use of their techniques in his flora and fauna studies. In 1768 he became a fanatic of the Guild of Saint Luke in Amsterdam.
He often portrayed nature scenes of the Drenthe, in the north-east of the Netherlands. In 1790 he married a woman from Hoogeveen. He traveled there each year to develop drawings, and is sometimes called the “Drentse Hobbema”. His wallpaper, usually afterward the horizon upon eye height, can be seen in Elswout, near Haarlem and in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe.
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