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Bart Van der Leck BIOGRAPHY
1876 Utrecht, The Netherlands - 1958. Known for: Abstract figure, "De Stijl".
Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at... Read full biography
Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at school he found little inspiration from the working-class atmosphere of his parental home, where... Read full biography
Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at school he found little inspiration from the working-class atmosphere of his parental home, where poverty reigned and where numerous births alternated with almost as many deaths. He left school at the age of fourteen, which was not particularly young at the time - and found a position as an apprentice... Read full biography
Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at school he found little inspiration from the working-class atmosphere of his parental home, where poverty reigned and where numerous births alternated with almost as many deaths. He left school at the age of fourteen, which was not particularly young at the time - and found a position as an apprentice at one of Utrecht's stained-glass workshops, where he learnt the techniques of this ancient craft. At 16, he became friends with Piet Klaarhamer (1874-1954), the future architect and teacher of Gerrit Rietveld (1886-1964). Though Klaarhamer was... Read full biography
Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at school he found little inspiration from the working-class atmosphere of his parental home, where poverty reigned and where numerous births alternated with almost as many deaths. He left school at the age of fourteen, which was not particularly young at the time - and found a position as an apprentice at one of Utrecht's stained-glass workshops, where he learnt the techniques of this ancient craft. At 16, he became friends with Piet Klaarhamer (1874-1954), the future architect and teacher of Gerrit Rietveld (1886-1964). Though Klaarhamer was almost the same age as Van der Leck, the fortune of his birth and education had given him a considerable intellectual advantage an... Read full biography
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Bart van der Leck (1876-1958) was born in Utrecht, a medium-sized provincial capital, whose university tempered the stifling lethargy that took hold of the Netherlands in the 19th century. While at school he found little inspiration from the working-class atmosphere of his parental home, where poverty reigned and where numerous births alternated with almost as many deaths.
He left school at the age of fourteen, which was not particularly young at the time - and found a position as an apprentice at one of Utrecht's stained-glass workshops, where he learnt the techniques of this ancient craft. At 16, he became friends with Piet Klaarhamer (1874-1954), the future architect and teacher of Gerrit Rietveld (1886-1964).
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