Hendrik Reekers
Hendrik Reekers (1815 in Haarlem – 1854 in 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. He became a pupil of his father and Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os.[1] When he came of age he gave drawing lessons himself and from 1837 began to paint. He participated in the art exhibitions of 1839 & 1841, and won a silver medal in The Hague in 1841.[1] In 1843 he became a member of the Academie of Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.[1] In 1847 he was allowed to exhibit at the British Institution. 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]
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- 1815 births
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