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All-rounder Rik Wouters

Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (1882 – 1916) was a Belgian sculptor, painter, draftsman and etcher. He is considered part of the Fauvism movement, although he thought that and the movement were idiotic...

Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig

Hart Nibbrig (Amsterdam 1866-Laren 1915) werd als tweede kind geboren in een gezin van vijf kinderen. Reeds op jonge leeftijd werd het tekentalent van Ferdinand opgemerkt. Dat hij in 1881 leerling...

Geer van Velde

Gerard van Velde (Lisse 1898 – Cachan (Fr) 1977) is more famous in France than in the Netherlands. And that is unfair. Geer van Velde is one of the leading artists of the post-war École de Paris. L...

Isaac Israëls

As the son of Jozef Israëls, Isaac Israëls (1865–1934) was born with a passion for painting and wanderlust. They travel throughout Europe, meet other artists and visit the Salon in Paris almost eve...

Fernand Léger

Joseph Fernand Henri (Fernand) Léger (Argentan 1881 – Gif-sur-Yvette 1955) was the son of a cattle farmer who died when Fernand was 4 years old. At the age of sixteen, Léger apprenticed with an arc...

Adriaan Lubbers

Adriaan Lubbers (Amsterdam 1892-1954 New York) was a self-taught artist with an independent spirit. He left for America at a young age, where he had all kinds of jobs. He also continued to draw. Wh...

Jan Toorop

Jan (Johannes Theodorus) Toorop (Poerworedjo 1858 – The Hague 1928) was one of the most important Dutch visual artists from the period 1880-1910. Wherever he went he had a great influence and was m...

Anton Mauve

Anton Mauve was a watercolourist, painter and draftsman and was born on September 18, 1838 in Zaandam and died in May 1888 in Arnhem. Mauve was the son of a Mennonite minister. He wanted to become ...