Machiel Brandenburg (4 May 1907 in
Rotterdam
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– 30 May 1984 in
Cape Town
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) was a painter and drawing artist.
Brandenburg studied until 1929 at the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, now the
Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning.
Overview
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. He worked in the Netherlands, initially in Rotterdam (1933) and thereafter in Hilversum.
[Biographic information - https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/12037: RKD Dutch Institute for Art History]
He married Christina Maria Klijn in April 1941 and had three children, namely Marianne (born January 16, 1942), Jan (born January 10th 1944) and Hannelore (born June 4, 1947).
In April 1953 he emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa. In
South Africa
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he taught art at the
Jan van Riebeeck High School
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and
Tygerberg High School
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Background and history
The ...
, both in Cape Town as well as the Michaelis School of Fine Art
References
External links
* http://www.artnet.com/artists/machiel-brandenburg/past-auction-results
* http://www.invaluable.com/artist/brandenburg-machiel-bbyhe55ykm
* http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Machiel-Brandenburg/D34A24C7AD2425FD
1907 births
1984 deaths
Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Draughtsmen
Painters from Rotterdam
People from Cape Town
Dutch emigrants to South Africa
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