The following biography is based on A Portrait of Native America: Indians and the Art of Henry C. Balink, 1882-1963, a biography-in-progress by curator Pieter Hovens. Henry C. (Hendricus Cornelis)... Read full biography
The following biography is based on A Portrait of Native America: Indians and the Art of Henry C. Balink, 1882-1963, a biography-in-progress by curator Pieter Hovens. Henry C. (Hendricus Cornelis) Balink was born on June 10, 1882 in Amsterdam. His talent and fondness for the arts was discovered in... Read full biography
The following biography is based on A Portrait of Native America: Indians and the Art of Henry C. Balink, 1882-1963, a biography-in-progress by curator Pieter Hovens. Henry C. (Hendricus Cornelis) Balink was born on June 10, 1882 in Amsterdam. His talent and fondness for the arts was discovered in primary school. However, his father refused to let his son pursue an artist career, upon which junior ran away from home at the age of sixteen. Set on becoming an artist, he earned and saved the... Read full biography
The following biography is based on A Portrait of Native America: Indians and the Art of Henry C. Balink, 1882-1963, a biography-in-progress by curator Pieter Hovens. Henry C. (Hendricus Cornelis) Balink was born on June 10, 1882 in Amsterdam. His talent and fondness for the arts was discovered in primary school. However, his father refused to let his son pursue an artist career, upon which junior ran away from home at the age of sixteen. Set on becoming an artist, he earned and saved the needed tuition fees by participating in bike racing and skating competitions in the Netherlands, and by working as a stuntman for an American film company. From 1909-1914 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with Derkinderen, Dake, Van der... Read full biography
The following biography is based on A Portrait of Native America: Indians and the Art of Henry C. Balink, 1882-1963, a biography-in-progress by curator Pieter Hovens. Henry C. (Hendricus Cornelis) Balink was born on June 10, 1882 in Amsterdam. His talent and fondness for the arts was discovered in primary school. However, his father refused to let his son pursue an artist career, upon which junior ran away from home at the age of sixteen. Set on becoming an artist, he earned and saved the needed tuition fees by participating in bike racing and skating competitions in the Netherlands, and by working as a stuntman for an American film company. From 1909-1914 he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Amsterdam with Derkinderen, Dake, Van der Waay and Six, and belonged to the top of his class. After marrying Maria Wessing, he and his bride came to the United States. Bali... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
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The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
2021
Peterson, Dr. Larry Len
528 pages (color)
Light, Landscape and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe
2012
Lewandowski, Stacia
272 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art Colony: Gerald Peters Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Udall, Sharyn R; Julie Schimmel (Introduction)
127 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
2000
Troccoli, Joan Carpenter
218 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Santa Fe Art
1993
Ellis, Simone
112 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection
1992
Museum of Fine Arts
167 pages (color)
Printmaking in New Mexico 1880-1990
1991
Adams, Clinton
167 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
History of Western American Art
1987
Hassrick, Royal B
192 pages (color)
Santa Fe Art Colony 1900-1942 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Udall, Sharyn R.
99 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Masterpieces of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection
1983
Cunningham, Elizabeth
152 pages (color)
The West as Art Western Art in Calfornia Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Trenton, Patricia
197 pages (color)
Painters of the American West Selections from the Anschutz Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Anschutz Collection
150 pages (color)
Treasures of the American West Harrison Eiteljorg Collection
1981
Eiteljorg, Harrison
172 pages (color)
Stark Museum of Art: The Western Collection
1978
Schimmel, Julie; Gilbert Tapley Vincent
244 pages (color)
American Western Art: The Harmsen Collection
1977
Harmsen, Dorothy; Bill Harmsen (Foreward)
256 pages (color)
Paintings from the McKee Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Phoenix Art Museum
36 pages (color)
Artists of the Canyons and Caminos, Santa Fe, the Early Years
1976
Robertson, Edna/Sarah Nestor
182 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Representative Art and Artists of New Mexico (Exhibition catalog)
1976
School of American Research
41 pages
Santa Fe Collects (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts
64 pages (color)
Picturesque Images from Taos and Santa Fe (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Denver Art Museum
215 pages (color)
The West and Walter Bimson Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture
1971
Steadman, William E
223 pages (color)
The McKee Collection of Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1968
El Paso Museum of Art
66 pages (color)
Read Mullan Gallery of Western Art (Exhibition catalog)
1964
Read Mullan Gallery
40 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1921 American Art Annual