A number of people have had the surname Van de Velde (Dutch for "of the field") including:
Artists
- Pedro Campaña (1503–1586), also known as Peter Van de Velde, Flemish Renaissance painter
- Esaias van de Velde (b. 1587), Dutch landscape painter
- Jan van de Velde (b. 1593), Dutch engraver and painter; cousin of the above
- Jan Jansz van de Velde (1620-1662), Dutch still life painter; son of the above
- Willem van de Velde, the elder (c. 1611–1693); no relation to the above
- Willem van de Velde, the younger (1633–1707), son of Willem the Elder
- Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672), son of Willem the Elder
- Henry van de Velde, Art Nouveau painter, architect and interior designer
Others
- James van de Velde, former Yale University lecturer and a figure in the 1998 Suzanne Jovin case
- Jean van de Velde (golfer), French golfer
- Jean van de Velde (director), film director of The Silent Army (Wit Licht)
- Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, sexologist
Famous quotes containing the word van:
“I can’t work without a model. I won’t say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study into a picture, arranging the colors, enlarging and simplifying; but in the matter of form I am too afraid of departing from the possible and the true.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)