Background
Monnickendam was born in Amsterdam and trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten there from 1891.
Monnickendam was born in Amsterdam and trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten there from 1891.
His early work is mostly animal drawings made at Natura Artis Magistra. He continued his studies in Paris at the École des Arts et Métiers from 1895. Today his work is seen as being ín the school of George Breitner.
He became a teacher in Amsterdam at the international painting academy there.
Monnickendam died in Amsterdam in straightened circumstances after being ostracized during the Nazi occupation as a Jew.
Arti et Amicitiae; Saint Luke Artists]
He became a member of Arti et Amicitiae in 1904 and a member of Vereeniging Sint Lucas in 1905.