Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
He was born in Utrecht, and had one brother, Reinier Craeyvanger. He was a pupil of Jan Willem Pieneman at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in Amsterdam, and later became a teacher at a drawing school in Utrecht. His most notable pupil was Albert Neuhuys. Though he is known for landscapes, he also painted figures in the landscapes of Carel Jacobus Behr.