Gezienus ten Doesschate

Gezienus (or Gesinus) ten Doesschate (11 August 1885, Zwolle - 9 March 1965, Utrecht) was a Dutch ophthalmologist, amateur painter and historian.[1]

He was active as an amateur painter in Utrecht under the pseudonym Thomas Denier.[2] He had good contacts with the cultural elite of Utrecht around the First World War and was good friends with the painters Janus de Winter and Erich Wichman.[3] In 1916 he was briefly a member of de Anderen, a Dutch artists' group that included Theo van Doesburg, but dropped out in support of de Winter, another artists group.

At the end of his life he contributed to a number of medical-historical books concerning the University of Utrecht.[4]

His son was Jurriaan ten Doesschate (1912-1977), ophthalmologist and medical scientist

References

  1. ↑ Gezienus ten Doesschate, Schilderkunst en optiek 1925
  2. ↑ Theo van Doesburg, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Carel Blotkamp (2000) Theo van Doesburg, Maler-Architekt. p. 178
  3. ↑ P. M. J. Jacobs (1993) Beeldend Nederland: biografisch handboek. Vol 1. p. 288
  4. ↑ List of publications at National Library of the Netherlands