About Eduard Hellendoorn
Lived 1912 – 1941 (aged 28). Eduard Hellendoorn was a Dutch resistance fighter, painter, illustrator, graphic artist, draftsperson and graphic designer.
Eduard Carel Frederik Hellendoorn (29 November 1912 – 13 March 1941) was a painter and Dutch resistance fighter.
Biography Hellendoorn was born on 29 November 1912 in Amsterdam. He studied the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Den Haag) (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague). In 1931 Hellendoorn married Johanna Maria Drayton Lee with whom he had three children. The couple divorced in 1939. Hellendoorn's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In 1940 Hellendoorn joined the communist artists' resistance. In 1941 he took part in the Februaristaking February strike, a protest against the persecution of Dutch Jews. He was subsequently arrested and imprisoned in the in Scheveningen.
Hellendoorn was executed on 13 March 1941 at Waalsdorpervlakte.
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Who was Eduard Hellendoorn?
Dutch painter (1912-1941)
When was Eduard Hellendoorn born?
Eduard Hellendoorn was born on 29 November 1912 in Amsterdam.
When did Eduard Hellendoorn die?
Eduard Hellendoorn died on 13 March 1941 in Waalsdorpervlakte.
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Eduard Hellendoorn was a resistance fighter, painter, illustrator, graphic artist, draftsperson and graphic designer.
What nationality was Eduard Hellendoorn?
Eduard Hellendoorn was Dutch.
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