Hendrik Maarten Krabbé, or Heinrich Martin Krabbé (4 May 1868,

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– 22 December 1931,

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) was a Dutch

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ist and portrait painter.

Biography

His father worked as a claims examiner for a life insurance company.Family tree
@ GenealogieOnline. From 1883 to 1888, he attended the

Quellinusschool The Quellinusschool or ''Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus'', was a school for sculptors in Amsterdam named after the Quellinus family of sculptors, founded in 1877. It was founded as the ''Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten'' (Drawing school for art ...

and the

Rijksakademie The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

in Amsterdam, where he studied painting with August Allebé and lithography with Rudolf Stang.De Valk Lexicon kunstenaars Laren-Blaricum Biographical notes
@ the De Valk Lexicon kunstenaars Laren-Blaricum. After graduating, he lived in

Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a ...

for several years then taught at the School of applied arts in

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from 1896 to 1906. Among his best-known students were and .Biographical notes
@ the H.M.Krabbé website. After 1906, he took up residence at the artists' colony in Laren. During this time, he married the singer Miep Rust (1874-1956). From 1916 to 1923 he was back in Bussum, but spent 1920 on a study trip in Chicago. He initially painted genre scenes, military personnel and interiors with figures. For the last twenty years of his life, he focused on portraits. He was a long-standing member of

Arti et Amicitiae Arti et Amicitiae (lat .: For Art and Friendship) is a Dutch artist's society founded in 1839, and located on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The Society (also called Arti for short) has played a key role in the Netherlands art scene and in particular in ...

. In the late 1920s, he retired to Amsterdam and died there in 1931. His son,

Maarten Maarten (IPA: �maːrtə(n) is a Dutch language male given name. It is a cognate to and the standardized Dutch form of Martin, as in for example Sint Maarten (named after Martin of Tours). People bearing the name include: * Maarten Altena (born ...

, became one of the best known Dutch painters of the 20th century. Maarten's youngest son, , is also a painter; his middle son,

Jeroen Jeroen () is a Dutch male given name originating from the Greek Hieronymus, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of ...

, is an actor and director; and his eldest is the writer

Tim Krabbé Hans Maarten Timotheus "Tim" Krabbé (born 13 April 1943) is a Dutch journalist, novelist and chess player. Krabbé was born in Amsterdam. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the Netherlands. Once a competitive cyclist, he is kn ...

. Jeroen's son is also an artist.

Selected paintings

File:Krabbe-Girl.jpg, A Girl with her Cat File:On the market, Brabant by Heinrich Marten Krabbé.jpg, At the Market in Brabant File:Twee matrozen.jpg, Two Sailors File:Gijsje, a letter home by Heinrich Martin Krabbé.jpg, The Letter Home

References

Writings

*''Handleiding voor het teekenen en schilderen'', Van Holkema & Warendorff, 1903

External links

ArtNet: More paintings by Krabbé.

by the Fotostudio Merkelbach from the Stadsarchief Amsterdam {{DEFAULTSORT:Krabbe, Hendrik Maarten 1868 births 1931 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch genre painters Dutch portrait painters Military art British emigrants to the Netherlands 19th-century Dutch male artists 20th-century Dutch male artists Alumni of Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten