Hendrika van Gelder explained

Hendrika Van Gelder
Birth Date:	7 May 1870
Birth Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:	Sobibor extermination camp, Poland
Nationality:	Dutch
Field:	Painting

Hendrika Van Gelder (1870–1943) was a Dutch painter known for portraits and still life paintings.^[1]

Biography

van Gelder was born on 7 May 1870 in Amsterdam. She studied with Henriëtte Asscher, Eduard Frankfort, and . She was a member of the , De Independents, and Arti et Amicitiae.^[2] Around 1933 she moved into an artist studio in the Zomerdijkstraat.^[3]

Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.^[4]

In 1943 van Gelder was deported to Sobibor, Poland where she died on 7 May 1943 in the Sobibor extermination camp.^{[5] [3]}

External links

• photos of Hendrika van Gelder on Joods Monument

Notes and References

1. Web site: Over Hendrika van Gelder . Joods Monument . 11 January 2021 . nl.
2. Web site: Hendrika van Gelder . RKD . 11 January 2021 . nl.
3. Web site: Hendrika van Gelder . Joodsamsterdam . 11 January 2021 . nl.
4. Web site: Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - . Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) . 11 January 2021.
5. Web site: Gelder, Hendrika van . Biografisch Portaal . 11 January 2021.