Hendrik Reekers

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Still life with fruit, flowers and bounty from the hunt, 1847, collection Teylers Museum

Hendrik Reekers (1815, Haarlem – 1854, Haarlem), was a 19th-century still life painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of Johannes Reekers (1790-1858), a teacher at the Haarlemse Teekenacademie who became a pupil of his father and Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os's pupil there.^[1] When he came of age he gave lessons himself there and from 1837 began to paint. He participated in the art exhibitions of 1839 & 1841, and won a silver medal in 1841.^[1] In 1843 he became a member of the Academie of Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.^[1] He is known for his still life and hunting pieces, and his pupils were Hendrik Jan Hein, his brother Johannes Reekers the younger, and Jan Striening..^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hendrik Reekers in the RKD

Hendrik Reekers on Artnet

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Name	Reekers, Hendrik
Alternative names
Short description	19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands
Date of birth	1815
Place of birth	Haarlem
Date of death	1854
Place of death	Haarlem

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