Geer van Velde

Geer van Velde
Born	Gerardus van Velde 5 April 1898 (1898-04-05) Lisse, Netherlands
Died	5 March 1977 (1977-03-06) (aged 78) Cachan, France
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Painter

Gerardus van Velde, or Geer van Velde (5 April 1898 Lisse - 5 March 1977, Cachan, Paris) was a Dutch painter.

Biography

Early life

Van Velde was the second son of Willem Adriaan van Velde, then owner of a small case of inland waterway transport fuelwood and charcoal on the Rhine and Hendrika Catharina von der Voorst, illegitimate daughter of an earl. Catharina and her four children (Neeltje, Bram, Geer, and Jacoba) were abandoned by Willem Adriaan after the bankruptcy of his business, leaving them in misery. Moving a lot, they eventually moved to The Hague in 1903. In 1910 at the age of twelve, Geer became an apprentice designer in the firm with Schaijk & Eduard H. Kramers. Kramers encouraged Geer to develop his interest in painting, as he did with his brother Bram van Velde.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 44573276 LCCN: n85806254 ISNI: 0000 0000 7699 5025 GND: 119040700 SUDOC: 027524590 BNF: cb11954645g (data) BPN: 91666329 ULAN: 500024784 RKD: 79771

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