Nico Bakker

Albertus Nicolaas Johannes Bakker (3 January 1936 – 21 November 1969) was a Dutch painter. Bakker was born in Amsterdam and studied there at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. He was a pupil of Otto B. de Kat and Gé Röling. He became a teacher at the same institution in 1967 and taught Joost Barbiers.[1][2]

Nico Bakker
Born
Albertus Nicolaas Johannes Bakker

(1936-01-03)3 January 1936
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died21 November 1969(1969-11-21) (aged 33)
Meppel, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
EducationRijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
StyleRealism, abstract
AwardsPrix de Rome
1961 painting
Websitewww.anjbakker.nl

Bakker worked in Amsterdam and Nieuwkoop. In 1961, he won the Prix de Rome.[1][3] He worked in Switzerland for a year where he met Walter Clénin and made gouaches. He also made gouache paintings of IJmuiden, Amsterdam and later Nieuwkoop. He made a series of gouaches for a topographical atlas of Amsterdam and of the Delta Works for the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management.[3]

Bakker died in 1969 in the hospital of Meppel,[3] as a result of a car crash. He had a wife and four children.[2]

References
  1. "Nico Bakker (1936-1969)" (in Dutch). Netherlands Institute for Art History. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Biografie". www.anjbakker.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "Albertus Nicolaas Johannes Bakker". www.artindex.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 April 2020.


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