He was born in the Netherlands on April 21, 1806. His father sent him to the famous Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Antwerp in Belgium, on the recommendation of his family friends, a retired army officer. There he worked with the famous History Painter Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. These works caused him to be influenced by the mainstream inspiration of Romanticism, which he created in his later art life. In later periods, he became famous as a portrait painter and became known for his work on perspective.
Market by Candlelight, one of the important works of the artist, is the painting he drew while living in The Hague and depicted a market of the ratio. The most striking feature in the picture is that the warmth of the candlelight illuminates the faces of the people in the painting very realistically and creates this with an almost perfect perspective point of view.
The Love Letter, one of the other important works of the artist, is one of the main works created by the artist influenced by the Romanticism movement. The main point of the works of Petrus Van Schendel is that he demonstrates a successful work using the depictions of "candle" and "lamp". It is known for the use of sharp light in the dark and reflecting these on its works. The details in the picture have a different engraving and ink work different from the 19th century Baroque Period works. In darkness, he has mastered the light so beautifully, you can feel as if this scene really comes alive before your eyes.
The artist is not only famous for night landscapes. In addition to portraits, he is also known for his works in the Dutch city, which he depicts in open and dark places with sea views. Especially the way he uses the moonlight hidden in the clouds or the candlelight in other works is a proof that it has exactly the effects of Romanticism.
Petrus Van Schendel became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam after 1834. He won a gold medal at the end of the Brussels Exhibition in 1845. His works were purchased by the Royal Family of England, as well as the Royal Family of Belgium and Germany. The artist died in Brussels in 1870.