Gerrit Willem Van Blaaderen

Place: Krimpen Aan Den Ijssel

Born: 1873

Death: 1935

Biography:

Gerrit Willem van Blaaderen was a Dutch painter and draftsman. He was born in Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands in 1873 and died in 1935. He studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam and the Akademie van beeldende kunsten (Den Haag) (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague). He was a member of the Bergen School, a movement in Dutch painting which manifested itself between 1915 and 1925, characterized by an expressionist style influenced by cubism and showing a preference for darker colors. He lived and worked in Amstelveen, Paris, London, Bloemendaal, and The Hague. In 1905, he married Maria Ida Adriana Hoogendijk, a Dutch painter and art collector. He is best known for his painting 'The Village of Sannois' (1914).