Henri van Raalte
Henri Benedictus van Raalte (11 February 1881 – 4 November 1929), known as H. van Raalte, was an Australian artist and printmaker.
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Henri van Raalte
John Henry Chinner · Saturday Journal, an Adelaide newspaper, via Trove · Public domain
- Born
- 11 February 1881
- Birthplace
- Lambeth, London, UK
- Died
- 4 November 1929
- Place of death
- Second Valley, South Australia
- Occupation
- Artist, printmaker Henri Benedictus van Raalte (11 February 1881 – 4 November 1929), known as H. van Raalte, was an Australian artist and printmaker.
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• Born — 11 February 1881 • Birthplace — Lambeth, London, UK • Died — 4 November 1929 • Place of death — Second Valley, South Australia • Citizenship — Australian • Occupation — Artist, printmaker Henri Benedictus van Raalte (11 February 1881 – 4 November 1929), known as H. van Raalte, was an Australian artist and printmaker.
Early life and training
Early life and training
Van Raalte was born in Lambeth, London in 1881 to a Dutch father, Joel van Raalte, a cigar merchant, and an English mother, Frances Elizabeth nee Cable. He was educated at the City of London School, the Royal Academy and later in Belgium and the Netherlands. • Illustration — van Raalte, caricature by John Henry Chinner He resigned in January 1926 after interference by Sir William Sowden, president of the Gallery's board, in the hanging of what Van Raalte considered "bad art".
Death
Death
He died on 4 November, 1929. Van Raalte Place, in the Canberra suburb of Conder, is named in his honour.
Henri Benedictus van Raalte (1881–1929), known as H. van Raalte, was an English-born Australian artist and printmaker. Seen here etching, at his home in Second Valley, South Australia, between 1926 and 1929.
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1881
Henri van Raalte was born on 11 February 1881.
1929
Henri van Raalte died on 4 November 1929.
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