SUSENIER, Abraham

Dutch painter. From before 1646 - the year he arrived in Dordrecht - little is known about Abraham Susenier. He lived in The Hague in 1640, when he was mentioned in a document together with the painter Johan Pietersz. Schoeff (c. 1608-1666). Shortly after its establishment in Dordrecht he became a member of the painting fraternity. Documents of creditors seem to indicate that Susenier had regular financial difficulties.

The most famous works of Susenier are still-lifes; a few seascapes have survived. However, he should have been quite diverse, in seventeenth-century Dordrecht inventories are several types of paintings mentioned. In his still-lifes he often made variations. He combined fruit still-lifes and flowers, shells and vanitas objects. There is also a known painting by him with fish. His images of tables with fruit, flowers and utensils have often a light landscape in the background.

It is not known where Susenier received his training and if he had any pupils himself.