Background
According to the RKD he was the son of Johannes Reekers (1790-1858), a teacher at the Haarlemse Teekenacademie.
According to the RKD he was the son of Johannes Reekers (1790-1858), a teacher at the Haarlemse Teekenacademie.
He became a pupil of his father and Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os. When he came of age he gave drawing lessons himself and from 1837 began to paint. In 1847 he was allowed to exhibit at the British Institution.
In 1843 he became a member of the Academie of Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.