Background
Braakensiek was the son of Albert Braakensiek, an illustrator and lithographer, and Wilhelmina Charlotta Elizabeth Anna Moolenizjer.
Braakensiek was the son of Albert Braakensiek, an illustrator and lithographer, and Wilhelmina Charlotta Elizabeth Anna Moolenizjer.
He attended art classes by JB Tetar at the same time, at which his personal drawings were noticed by art critic Martin Klaff who recommended he take the entrance exam to the State Academy of Fine Arts, in Amsterdam from which he eventually graduated in 1881.
He is the grandfather of January van Oort. He left school at age 11 and took a job in a fashion shop as a designer/embroider. Braakensiek remains popular thanks to the books he worked on as illustrator.
Books such as Van Allerlei Slag and Uit het leven van Dik Trom, which feature his art are widely known and read.
His work is also featured in a number of text books in The Netherlands.
Arti et Amicitiae.