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Willem-Gerard Hofker.
The Hague 1902 - 1981 Amsterdam.
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Etching of the GREAT church in DELFT.
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Etching / image: 49.5 x 27.5 cm.
With passe-partout and frame: 68 x 45 cm.
Signed in pencil lower left.
Signed lower right in the etching.
Dated bottom right: 1949.
Bottom right in pencil: Epr. d'artist.
(Artist's Print).
Etching is framed with the old original frame, matte gold with grey/white inlay, of 3 cm. wide.
Etching, passe-partout and frame are in good condition.
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Willem Gerard Hofker (The Hague, February 5, 1902 – Amsterdam, April 30, 1981)
was a Dutch artist, he was an etcher, graphic artist, painter and draftsman.
Willem Hofker was known for his Balinese landscapes.
He also made many portraits, still lifes, and images of horses and Balinese dancers, among others.
He was a student at the Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, and won the Cohen Gosschalk Prize in 1922.
In 1936 he left for the Dutch East Indies with his wife, artist Maria Hofker-Rueter.
Much of his work was done there.
Because of the Japanese occupation, the couple ended up in a camp.
After the Japanese defeat, they left for the Netherlands in 1946.
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