1877 Batavia, Indonesia - 1967 Paris, France. Known for: Domestic genre and figure painting-interiors, teaching.
Hendrik Heyligers 1877-1967. Hendrik Heyligers was born to Dutch Parents in Batavia, now part of Indonesia, in 1877. He studied in Paris, Munich and The Hague. At the Academie des Beaux-Arts in...
Read full biography Hendrik Heyligers 1877-1967. Hendrik Heyligers was born to Dutch Parents in Batavia, now part of Indonesia, in 1877. He studied in Paris, Munich and The Hague. At the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was a student in the studio of Fernand Cormon who taught the rigorous methods and techniques of...
Read full biography Hendrik Heyligers 1877-1967. Hendrik Heyligers was born to Dutch Parents in Batavia, now part of Indonesia, in 1877. He studied in Paris, Munich and The Hague. At the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was a student in the studio of Fernand Cormon who taught the rigorous methods and techniques of the Old Masters. Under his tutelage, Heyligers became influenced by the intimate informality of the seventeenth century Dutch School of which he subsequently became a champion and latter-day...
Read full biography Hendrik Heyligers 1877-1967. Hendrik Heyligers was born to Dutch Parents in Batavia, now part of Indonesia, in 1877. He studied in Paris, Munich and The Hague. At the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was a student in the studio of Fernand Cormon who taught the rigorous methods and techniques of the Old Masters. Under his tutelage, Heyligers became influenced by the intimate informality of the seventeenth century Dutch School of which he subsequently became a champion and latter-day exponent. Heyligers specialized in humble interiors populated by families attending to the tasks of daily life in their kitchens, the heart of the Dutch home. He invests these simple scenes with a dramatic and spiritual simplicity. For the last thirty years...
Read full biography Hendrik Heyligers 1877-1967. Hendrik Heyligers was born to Dutch Parents in Batavia, now part of Indonesia, in 1877. He studied in Paris, Munich and The Hague. At the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was a student in the studio of Fernand Cormon who taught the rigorous methods and techniques of the Old Masters. Under his tutelage, Heyligers became influenced by the intimate informality of the seventeenth century Dutch School of which he subsequently became a champion and latter-day exponent. Heyligers specialized in humble interiors populated by families attending to the tasks of daily life in their kitchens, the heart of the Dutch home. He invests these simple scenes with a dramatic and spiritual simplicity. For the last thirty years of his life, Heyligers taught painting at the School of Fine Arts in The Hague.