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), Guild of St. Luke in Amsterdam in 1931, the ''Kennemerse Kunstenaarskring'' (K.K.K.) from 1932, and chairman of Kunst zij ons doel in 1939. Boot's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' g ...

'' (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, Jules Chapon, Poppe Damave, Mies Deinum, Dons Deppe, Henri Eernink, Gerard Esser, Gerrit Frederiks, Jan Habets, Jacob de Heer Kloots, Martinus Gerardus Hölscher,

Otto B. de Kat Otto Boudewijn de Kat (7 June 1907 in Dordrecht – 30 April 1995 in Laren, North Holland, Laren), was a Dutch painter and art critic. Biography He was born in Dordrecht, but received his training in Haarlem as a pupil of Henri Frédéric Bo ...

, Ad Kikkert, Piet Kloes, Willem Kouwer Boomkens, Willem Jan Leffef, Henk van der (1913-1970) Linden, Benno Logtenberg, Maximiliaan Louis Maas, Janny Meijer, Truus Menger-Oversteegen, Jacob Möhlenpage, Heppe de Moor, Theo van Odyck, Andries Olthoff, Jan Harm Oostendorp, Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Christiaan Pointl, Martin Ruijter, Jan Rusman, Josef Santen, Henk Schoorl, Leen Spierenburg, Wim Steijn, Joop Stoffels, Dick Stolwijk, Herman van Tongeren, René Pierre Tonneyck, Eduard Verboog, Margaretha C. Verheus,

Frans Verpoorten Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François'' or ''Franciscus''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–16 ...

, 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 Louis Ferron, Impressum Haarlem, 1998
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boot, Henri Frederic 1877 births 1963 deaths Artists from Maastricht Painters from Limburg (Netherlands) 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists