Aart van Dobbenburgh (
Amsterdam
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, 30 September 1899 –
Haarlem
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, 3 July 1988) was a Dutch
graphic artist
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known for his fine
lithograph
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s. Popular themes in his work included flowers, portraits, and
landscape
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s,
but human hands were his favorite. Dobbenburgh illustrated among others the books of the Russian writers
Leo Tolstoy
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and
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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.
Dobbenburgh was a member of
Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst
The Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) (Dutch Association for Craft and Industrial Art) was founded in 1904. It was founded by Jacob Pieter van den Bosch, Herman Hana, Klaas van Leeuwen, Theo Molkenboer, and Wi ...
(V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.
References
1899 births
1988 deaths
Dutch printmakers
Dutch illustrators
Modern printmakers
Artists from Amsterdam
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