Leonard Johannes Akkeringa1,2,3

M, #10416, * 14 Oct 1893, + 29 Jul 1959
     Leonard Johannes Akkeringa was born on 14 Oct 1893 in 'sGravenhage.1,3 He married Carolina ten Bruggencate, daughter of Karel ten Bruggencate and Cornelie Henriette Marie Vorderman, on 13 Oct 1925 in Zeist.1,3 He died on 29 Jul 1959 in Driebergen-Rijsenburg2,1,3, and was buried on 31 Jul 1959 in the New Cemetery in Driebergen.2,4 An deathnotice appeared and mentioned his wife.2

Other information:

Leonard Johannes Akkeringa was an MD, later artist.3,5 His parents were Johannes Evert Hendrik Akkeringa and Willemina Susanna Reedijk. His father is the Dutch painter J. E. H. Akkeringa (17 Jan 1864, Banta NOI - 12 Apr 1942 Amersfoort) 6.3,5

Citations

  1. [S4] Carolina ten Bruggencate. Persoonskaarten.
  2. [S3] Overlijden Leonard Johannes Akkeringa, 29 Jul 1959, Driebergen-Rijsenburg. Familieberichten op Microfiche.
  3. [S4] Leonard Johannes Akkeringa. Persoonskaarten.
  4. [S530] Grafsteen Leonard J. Akkeringa en Carolina Akkeringa ten Bruggencate. Nieuwe Begraafplaats, Driebergen, Graftombe.nl. Index and/or images online at http://www.graftombe.nl
  5. [S306] http://explore.rkd.nl/en/home/artists/818, RKD. Index and/or images online at http://website.rkd.nl/home
  6. Biography:

    Jan Akkeringa (Banka/Dutch East Indies 1864 – Amersfoort 1942)
    Jan Akkeringa’s father was an engineer in the tin mines of the then Dutch East Indies and his mother was a native Indonesian. After the death of his father, the young Akkeringa, aged only six and accompanied by his brother and sister but without his mother, was sent to The Hague, where the majority of ex-colonials tended to establish themselves. He began his training at the Haagse Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten at the age of 17 and there forged a friendship with a kindred spirit, the Impressionist Willem de Zwart, which was to last his entire life and with whom, in the wake of the Hague School, he was to become one of the most famous painters of the younger generation. Other members of their close circle also included the painters Tholen and Arntzenius who, like Akkeringa himself, had also grown up in the Dutch East Indies.
    In The Hague Akkeringa frequently painted in the dunes, where he created evocative tableaux of groups of people walking and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere, often accompanied by children. He was also fond of painting still lifes with flowers which at first sight seem to be sloppily executed, but are in reality very sophisticated.
    The renowned art dealer Van Wisselingh observed common qualities in the work of Akkeringa and Toorop, who also grew up in the Dutch East Indies. He regarded these qualities as sufficiently characteristic of their particular ‘Indonesian’ spirit to have their work exhibited together on many occasions. (Orig. from http://www.fijnaut-paol.nl/search_artist_uk.asp, but that site does not exist anymore)