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Born in Rotterdam in 1926, Gerrit was educated at the college of art in the Hague.
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Gerrit Gelderen
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He is famous for his television work on Amuigh Faoin Spéir with Éamon de Buitléar. and his series "To the Waters and the Wild" than ran from 1974 - 1994. He moved to Dublin, Ireland in 1955 to work in advertising. Some of his illustrations featured in the Farmers Journal.
In the 1960s he started working with de Buitlear producing programmes for television
Van Gelderen and de Fouw were among a group of Dutch artists who moved to Ireland in the 1950s, including Guus Melai, Bert van Embden, Willem van Velzen, Piet Sluis and Cor Klaasen(Text books covers).
