Leonard Pinkhof

Leonard "Leo" Jehoeda Pinkhof (1898–1943) was a Dutch painter.

Biography Pinkhof was born on 19 June 1898 in Amsterdam. He studied at the (National School for Applied Arts) and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts). His teachers included Johannes Josephus Aarts, , and Nicolaas van der Waay. He settled in Den Helder where he taught technical drawing at the Ambachtsschool (Craft School). In 1927 Pinkhof married Betty Koekoek with whom he had four children. His work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Pinkhof was a member of (The Independents).

Pinkhof died on 23 July 1943 at the age of 45.

Legacy In 1990 an exhibition Leo Pinkhof: Joods kunstenaar in Den Helder (Leo Pinkhof: Jewish artist in Den Helder) was held at the Nationaal Reddingsmuseum Dorus Rijkers and the Synagogecomplex Folkingestraat. In 2017 a commemorative plaque was placed on the wall of Pinkhof's former home at 7 Soembastraat in Den Helder.