Henri Frédéric Boot (1877,

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– 1963,

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), was a Dutch painter and printmaker mostly active in Haarlem.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painters Dirk Gerard Ezerman, Alexander Henri Robert van Maasdijk, Rein Miedema, Barent Johannes Cornelis Weingärtner in Breda, and Johan Hendrik Wijtkamp.Henri Frédéric Boot
in the

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He became a member of the ''Kunstkring Haarlem'' in 1905, the artist club ''De Onafhankelijken'' in 1912 (board member in 1917),

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in Amsterdam in 1931, the ''Kennemerse Kunstenaarskring'' (K.K.K.) from 1932, and chairman of

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in 1939. Boot's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

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'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam. He was a member of

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from 1943 to 1961. Boot was infamous for being a member of the ' and member of the ''Kultuurraad'' during the German occupation 1941-1945. He became a prolific painter and teacher and lived to a great age. He taught at the ''School voor Kunst en Kunstnijverheid'' in Haarlem. His students were Truida Baaren-Ruysenaars, Nel Bakema, Jan Bazuin, Maarten Bloemendaal, Maria C. Boas-Zélander, Ton de Boer,

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, Poppe Damave,

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, Ad Kikkert, Piet Kloes, Willem Kouwer Boomkens, Willem Jan Leffef, Henk van der (1913-1970) Linden, Benno Logtenberg, Maximiliaan Louis Maas, Janny Meijer,

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, Dick Stolwijk, Herman van Tongeren, René Pierre Tonneyck, Eduard Verboog, Margaretha C. Verheus, Frans Verpoorten, Kees Verwey, Gerritje Visser, Leendert de Vogel, Gerard de Voogd, Johanna Helena Vreede-Mulder, Willem Abraham de Wijn, J.H. Willemse, and Leo de Winter.

References

*''H.F. Boot, legendarisch leermeester van Kees Verwey'', by Michael Huig, Frans Halsmuseum, 1998, *''Hier ligt Boot'', by

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, Impressum Haarlem, 1998
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boot, Henri Frederic 1877 births 1963 deaths Artists from Maastricht 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists