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Locomotive Harry Maas

Harry Maas (Nederweert 1906-1982 Eindhoven) is a son of the unruly teacher Herman, who as a writer addresses social abuses and is therefore called the 'Brabantse Zola'. Harry grows up in Roermond a...

Dreamer Joop Polder

Joop Polder (The Hague 1939) trained at the Royal Academy in The Hague, The Royal Academy of Visual Arts in Brussels and the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris. Joop Polder draws his inspiration from...

World traveller Dooyewaard

Willem Dooijewaard (Amsterdam 1892-1980 Blaricum) was trained at the National School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam by Roland Strasser and Georg Sturm. He was Jaap's brother, sixteen years younger, a...

Colorful Herman Gouwe

Adriaan Herman Gouwe (Alkmaar 1875 -1965 Tahiti) trained at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where he was a student friend of the Maastricht artist Rob Graafland and became a m...

Fantast Carel Willink

Stately, enigmatic, cool, elegant and the world at a distance, Carel Willink (1900-1983) is the grand master of neorealism. From the age of thirty, his reputation as an incomparable painter grew. H...

Expressionist Constant Permeke

Constant Permeke (Antwerp 1886-1952 Ostend) was one of the most important Belgian painters & visual artists of his time. Especially because of his innovative expressionist style. His father Hen...

Picturesque Vreedenburgh

Cornelis ('Cees') Vreedenburgh (Woerden 1880-1946 Laren) came into contact with painting at an early age through his father Gerrit. Cornelis worked at an early age in his father's painting company....

Bremmeriaan Jan Wittenberg

From an early age, Jan Wittenberg (The Hague 1886-1963 Wageningen) knew that he wanted to become an artist. After evening classes, a short period at the Hague Art Academy and guidance from Willem v...