About the artist

John Rädecker (1885, Amsterdam – 1956, Amsterdam) was a painter and sculptor from the Northern Netherlands, best known for his Monument on the Dam (Dutch: Nationaal Monument or Nationaal Monument op de Dam, Amsterdam, is a 1956 World War II monument in the Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts. The monument was designed by Dutch architect J.J.P. Oud, and the monument's sculptures are by John Rädecker and his sons Han and Jan Willem Rädecker. The reliefs are by the sculptor Paul Grégoire)

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Bart van Hove and a member of various painting societies such as the Hollandse Aquarellisten Kring and the Haarlem-based De Groep, as well as being a sculptor. The Teylers Museum has a portrait of his daughter by his hand on show in their "Modern", or "Second" art gallery. He designed the National Monument and asked Adriaan Roland Holst to write the poem at the base. When he died, the monument was finished by his sons Han and Jan Willem.

Works of Raedecker can be found in several museums like De Fundatie (Zwolle), Teylers Museum (Haarlem)
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