Career
According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painters Dirk Gerard Ezerman, Alexander Henri Robert van Maasdijk, Rein Miedema, Barent Johannes Cornelis Weingärtner in Breda, and Johan Hendrik Wijtkamp. He became a prolific painter and teacher and lived to a great age. He taught at the School voor Kunst en Kunstnijverheid in Haarlem.
His students were Truida Baaren-Ruysenaars, Nel Bakema, January Bazuin, Maarten Bloemendaal, Maria C. Boas-Zélander, Ton de Boer, Jules Chapon, Poppe Damave, Mies Deinum, Dons Deppe, Henri Eernink, Gerard Esser, Gerrit Frederiks, January Habets, Jacob de Heer Kloots, Martinus Gerardus Hölscher, Otto B. de Kat, Ad Kikkert, Piet Kloes, Willem Kouwer Boomkens, Willem January Leffef, Henk van der (1913-1970) Linden, Benno Logtenberg, Maximiliaan Louis Maas, Janny Meijer, Truus Menger, Jacob Möhlenpage, Heppe de Moor, Theo van Odyck, Andries Olthoff, January Harm Oostendorp, Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Christiaan Pointl, Martin Ruijter, January Rusman, Josef Santen, Henk Schoorl, Leen Spierenburg, Wim Steijn, Joop Stoffels, Dick Stolwijk, Herman van Tongeren, René Pierre Tonneyck, Eduard Verboog, Margaretha C. Verheus, Frans Verpoorten, Kees Verwey, Gerritje Visser, Leendert de Vogel, Gerard de Voogd, Johanna Helena Vreede-Mulder, Willem Abraham de Wijn, J.H. Willemse, and Leo de Winter.