A Life of Lines and Landscapes Born in the quiet air of Aarau, Switzerland, Jan de Beijer moved as a child to Emmerich on the border of the Netherlands and Germany. His father, a Dutch officer tasked with hiring mercenaries, brought the family to a land that would eventually become the heart of the artist's focus. As a young man, he sought the light of Amsterdam around 1722, where he entered the studios of masters like Cornelis Pronk.…