Hendrika Van Gelder | |
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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7 May 1870
Died | 7 May 1943 Sobibor extermination camp, Poland | (aged 73)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Painting |
Hendrika Van Gelder (1870–1943) was a Dutch painter known for portraits and still life paintings. [1]
van Gelder was born on 7 May 1870 in Amsterdam. She studied with Henriëtte Asscher, Eduard Frankfort, and Rien Hack . She was a member of the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas , De Independents, and Arti et Amicitiae'. [2] Around 1933 she moved into an artist studio in the Zomerdijkstraat. [3]
Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. [4]
In 1943 van Gelder was deported to Sobibor, Poland where she died on 7 May 1943 in the Sobibor extermination camp. [5] [3]