About Hendrika van Gelder
Lived 1870 – 1943 (aged 73). Hendrika van Gelder was a Dutch painter and draftsperson.
Hendrika Van Gelder (1870–1943) was a Dutch painter known for portraits and still life paintings.
Biography van Gelder was born on 7 May 1870 in Amsterdam. She studied with Henriëtte Asscher, Eduard Frankfort, and . She was a member of the , De Independents, and Arti et Amicitiae'''. Around 1933 she moved into an artist studio in the Zomerdijkstraat.
Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In 1943 van Gelder was deported to Sobibor, Poland where she died on 7 May 1943 in the Sobibor extermination camp.
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Dutch artist (1870–1943)
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Hendrika van Gelder was born on 7 May 1870 in Amsterdam.
When did Hendrika van Gelder die?
Hendrika van Gelder died on 7 May 1943 in Sobibór Extermination Camp.
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Hendrika van Gelder was a painter and draftsperson.
What nationality was Hendrika van Gelder?
Hendrika van Gelder was Dutch.
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