Eduard Carel Frederik Hellendoorn (29 November 1912 – 13 March 1941) was a painter and Dutch resistance fighter.
Eduard Hellendoorn | |
|---|---|
 Hellendoorn (1935) | |
| Born | Eduard Carel Frederik Hellendoorn 29 November 1912 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 13 March 1941 (aged 28) Waalsdorpervlakte, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Other names | Ward Hellendoorn |
| Known for | Painting, Dutch resistance fighter |
| Spouse |
Johanna Maria Drayton Lee
(m. 1931; div. 1939) |
| Website | eduardhellendoorn |
Biography
editHellendoorn was born on 29 November 1912 in Amsterdam. He studied the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Den Haag) (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague).[1] In 1931 Hellendoorn married Johanna Maria Drayton Lee with whom he had three children. The couple divorced in 1939.[2] Hellendoorn's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]
In 1940 Hellendoorn joined the communist artists' resistance. In 1941 he took part in the Februaristaking February strike, a protest against the persecution of Dutch Jews. He was subsequently arrested and imprisoned in the Oranjehotel in Scheveningen.[2]
Hellendoorn was executed on 13 March 1941 at Waalsdorpervlakte.[1]
Gallery
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Church, Garderen (1939) -
Dream (1922)
References
edit- ^ a b "Ward Hellendoorn". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ a b Gelderland, Erfgoed. "Eduard Hellendoorn: 1912 – 1941". MijnGelderlan (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 –". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Eduard Hellendoorn at Wikimedia Commons- images of Hellendoorn's art on the Eduard Hellendoorn website
