Richard Bisschop (21 June 1849 in Leeuwarden – 22 March 1926 in Bergen) was a Dutch painter, graphic artist and watercolorist.
His dad was a hardware merchant. He originally trained to be an engineer, but was always excited in art because his uncle, Christoffel Bisschop and aunt, Kate Bisschop-Swift were painters. At the age of twenty-two, he approved to follow their example and accept up art professionally. He began his studies later than his uncle, then attended the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts (now the Willem de Kooning Academy) and specialized in genre scenes, portraits, cityscapes and interiors; especially churches.
When the painter Johannes Bosboom died in 1891, Bisschop was allowable to paint him even though he was lying in his coffin[citation needed] and make a sketch of his workshop. He worked successively in Rotterdam and The Hague, where he became a fanatic of the Pulchri Studio.
In 1892, he married the artist Suze Robertson, one of the Amsterdamse Joffers. Their daughter, Sara Bisschop, also became a painter of interiors, animals and marine scenes.
In supplement to several Dutch museums, many of his works were acquired by the American Art Association in New York (now a distancing of Sotheby’s).
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