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Hendrik Arend Ludolf (Hal) Wichers BIOGRAPHY
1893 Tarutung, West Sumatra - 1968 Nijmegen (The Netherlands). Known for: Painting.
Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and... Read full biography
Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and worked in Bandung, Semarang, and Jakarta. He was a member of “Bataviasche Kunstkring” and... Read full biography
Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and worked in Bandung, Semarang, and Jakarta. He was a member of “Bataviasche Kunstkring” and participated in several of their exhibitions between 1923 and 1936. Several of his Indonesian watercolours and paintings were used to illustrate ‘De Zweep’, a weekly published in 1922 and 1932. An oil painting... Read full biography
Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and worked in Bandung, Semarang, and Jakarta. He was a member of “Bataviasche Kunstkring” and participated in several of their exhibitions between 1923 and 1936. Several of his Indonesian watercolours and paintings were used to illustrate ‘De Zweep’, a weekly published in 1922 and 1932. An oil painting by his hand, entitled ‘Aren-palmen’, is reproduced in the ‘De Java-Bode’ on October 27, 1937. During World War II he was interned by the Japanese and put in a camp. Prolific and well-known painter, draughtsman, water-colourist and mural painter in... Read full biography
Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and worked in Bandung, Semarang, and Jakarta. He was a member of “Bataviasche Kunstkring” and participated in several of their exhibitions between 1923 and 1936. Several of his Indonesian watercolours and paintings were used to illustrate ‘De Zweep’, a weekly published in 1922 and 1932. An oil painting by his hand, entitled ‘Aren-palmen’, is reproduced in the ‘De Java-Bode’ on October 27, 1937. During World War II he was interned by the Japanese and put in a camp. Prolific and well-known painter, draughtsman, water-colourist and mural painter in an impressionistic style in a bright colouring, whose paintings reflect the artist’s REFERENCE Haks and Maris “Lexicon of Foreign Artists Who... Read full biography
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Hendrik Arend Rudolf (HAL) Wichers was born in Tarutung, West Sumatra on April 16, 1893. He was a pupil of “Rijksacademie” in Amsterdam, and returned to his native country in 1919, where he lived and worked in Bandung, Semarang, and Jakarta.
He was a member of “Bataviasche Kunstkring” and participated in several of their exhibitions between 1923 and 1936. Several of his Indonesian watercolours and paintings were used to illustrate ‘De Zweep’, a weekly published in 1922 and 1932. An oil painting by his hand, entitled ‘Aren-palmen’, is reproduced in the ‘De Java-Bode’ on October 27, 1937.
During World War II he was interned by the Japanese and put in a camp. Prolific and well-REFERENCE Haks and Maris “Lexicon of Foreign Artists Who Visualized Indonesia (1600 - 1950), published by Gert Jan Bestebreurtje (The Netherlands), 1995. ...But wait, there's more...
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