Hendrik Heyligers

Hendrik Heyligers was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher who was born in Batavia on 22 February 1877, he died in 1967 in Nice (France). After studying at the art academy in The Hague, he went to Paris. There he studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Cormon. Among his subjects were portraits, farmers, and fishermen and still lifes. He also was a member of the Amsterdam art society “Arti et Amicitiae”. His work is included in the collection of Veluws Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.