SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
A genre painter and portraitist, Benjamin Liepman Prins frequently draws his subjects from the Jewish community, which also provides him with the majority of his commissions. He also regularly paints biblical scenes and, later in his career, numerous still lifes. His training takes him to the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, where he studies under August Allebé from 1877 to 1882, and then to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he studies under Charles Verlat from 1882 to 1884. He eventually settles in Amsterdam and opens a studio there; he also often works in Geldrop, in North Brabant.
The third of six children, he is the son of Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins, an Orthodox Jewish carpet dealer, and Henrietta Prins-Jacobson. After his family moves to Frankfurt in 1885, he meets Rosa Benari, daughter of the painter Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, whom he later marries; they have two children. He is also a friend of Max Liebermann. He exhibits in London, Milan, Vilnius, Antwerp and Rotterdam. His painting “’t Zand”, an oil on panel dated 1905, is held in the collections of the Jewish Museum Amsterdam. In 1904, Queen Wilhelmina acquires his painting “Alter Seemann”.
This profile brings together identity references for Benjamin Prins and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
3 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on panel
Le liseur de
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2023-03-02 — 2023-03-15
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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Oil on wood
"Herinnering".
Öl auf Holz
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
In der Art
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2020-11-06
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 650 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
