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1887 - 1934. Known for: Post-impressionist and abstract painting, sailing ships, seascape, figurative.
Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek... Read full biography
Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek family of painters. His father was the landscape painter Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, who had recently... Read full biography
Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek family of painters. His father was the landscape painter Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, who had recently moved to London to establish an art gallery. Stephen often travelled with him to the Netherlands, where he worked with other members of the family; especially his uncle, Jan Koekkoek, who strongly... Read full biography
Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek family of painters. His father was the landscape painter Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, who had recently moved to London to establish an art gallery. Stephen often travelled with him to the Netherlands, where he worked with other members of the family; especially his uncle, Jan Koekkoek, who strongly influenced his brush style. He also spent a short time in Canada. In 1909, after his father died, he moved to South America and went to Bolivia, where he briefly attempted to become a mining entrepreneur. He continued on to Valparaíso where he taught... Read full biography
Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek family of painters. His father was the landscape painter Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, who had recently moved to London to establish an art gallery. Stephen often travelled with him to the Netherlands, where he worked with other members of the family; especially his uncle, Jan Koekkoek, who strongly influenced his brush style. He also spent a short time in Canada. In 1909, after his father died, he moved to South America and went to Bolivia, where he briefly attempted to become a mining entrepreneur. He continued on to Valparaíso where he taught English. Finally, he settled in Mendoza, Argentina, where he married the sister of painter Roberto Azzoni (1899-1989) and had a son. The... Read full biography
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Stephen Robert Koekkoek (15 October 1887, London - 20 December 1934, Santiago) was an English-born painter of Dutch descent who worked in the Postimpressionist style. He was part of the Koekkoek family of painters.
His father was the landscape painter Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger, who had recently moved to London to establish an art gallery. Stephen often travelled with him to the Netherlands, where he worked with other members of the family; especially his uncle, Jan Koekkoek, who strongly influenced his brush style. He also spent a short time in Canada.
In 1909, after his father died, he moved to South America and went to Bolivia, where he briefly attempted to become a mining entrepreneur. He continued on to Valparaíso wh...But wait, there's more...
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