Hendrik Wijdeveld

The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is product design and graphic design. Work by Hendrik Wijdeveld is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Modern Art, Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen, Royal Collections of the Netherlands and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

• Name — Hendrik Wijdeveld • Born — 4 October 1885 • Birthplace — The Hague, Netherlands • Died — 20 February 1987 • Place of death — Nijmegen, Netherlands • Occupation — Architect

Wijdeveld started his career at the architectural firm of Jacques van Straaten and the studio of Pierre Cuypers. He then worked in France as an assistant to the architect Louis Cordonnier. He returned to Amsterdam in 1914. From 1914 to 1940, he completed his main designs: • 1920–1921: Bendien Residence • 1922–1927: Villa De Wachter • 1927: Plan West Amsterdam • 1928: Villa de Bouw • 1936: Tilburg villa • Illustration — Villa de Wachter • Illustration — Plan West Amsterdam 1922–1927. Hoofdweg / Jan van Galenstraat. Urban ensemble and architecture by H.Th. Wijdeveld (1885–1987). He is also known for his futuristic projects: • 1918: A vagina-shaped building for the Volkstheater ("People's Theater") • A reforestation project for Amsterdam • The 'Plan the impossible' project

From 1918 to 1932, Wijdeveld was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Wendingen, a publication for the architecture association Architectura et Amicitia. The magazine was known for its groundbreaking architectural approach to typography. It also was an important platform for several modernist movements in the Netherlands.

Wijdeveld published a book titled De Nieuwe Orde ("The New Order") in 1940, suggesting his sympathy for the German occupation. As a result, he fell out of public favor, but appears to have been rehabilitated after the war since the Stedelijk Museum, a major national museum in Amsterdam, dedicated a major retrospective to him in 1953.

Wijdeveld was married to the cellist Ellen Philippine Kohn, then to the actress Charlotte Köhler. He has one daughter, illustrator Ruscha Wijdeveld, and two sons, Wolfgang Wijdeveld and Roland Matthijs Wijdeveld.