Pieter Cornelis Dommersen



Pieter Cornelis Dommersen, born as Dommershuisen, (6 December 1833 – 18 November 1918) was a Dutch painter and watercolourist active in England. He is also known as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen and signed his work as P.C. Dommersen, P.C.Dommershuisen, or P.C. Dommershuizen.

Family
Dommerson was born 6 December 1833 in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuisen, illegitimate son of Cornelia Dommershuisen. Pre 1700 the family came from Dahlheim, near Koblenz, in Germany, so their family name was originally 'Dommershausen'. He was the elder brother of the painter Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen. Pieter Cornelis moved from the Netherlands to England in around 1855. He married Trinity Church, Marylebone, Middlesex on 29 January 1859 Anna Petronella Synja (Sijnja), born Amsterdam c. 1838, da. of Dr. (Medicine) Louis Synja and N.N. They had at least two sons and one daughter. His son William Raymond Dommersen (Dommerson) (1859-1927) also became a fine art artist in England, all three Dommersens painting the same genre of paintings.