Discover watercolorist, sculptor, etcher Willem Schrofer

Name variations

This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Schröfer, Wilhelmus
signeerde: 'Schrofer' plus datering

Qualifications: watercolorist, sculptor, etcher, craftsperson (decorative arts), monumental artist, painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: The Hague (city) 1898-03-06

Deceased: Leiden (city) 1968-09-22

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: vader van Frans Schrofer

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Verve

1951: oprichter (Jacobs 2000)

This person/entity in other databases

1 hit in RKDcollections
19 hits in RKDimages as artist
9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
16 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1913 - 1968
ca. 1913-1968

Education: Haags Tekeninstituut Bik en Vaandrager

1922: MO Tekenen (Jacobs 2000)
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Den Haag)

1923-1925: portrettekenen (Jacobs 2000)

Active in

Scheveningen 1898 - 1913
geboren aldaar, omstreeks 1954 (Jacobs 2000) (Drewes 1998)
Nijmegen (stad) 1913 - 1917
studie (Drewes 1998)
Texel (gemeente, eiland) 1917-09 - 1918-11
in militaire dienst (Drewes 1998)
Den Haag (stad) 1919 - 1956
(Drewes 1998)
Amsterdam (stad)
Saur 1992-
Berlijn 1928
vanaf 1928 studie (Drewes 1998)
Parijs 1939-04 - 1939
reis (Drewes 1998)
Voorschoten (plaats) 1956 - 1968
vanaf 1955 (Jacobs 2000)
Frankrijk
studiereis (Jacobs 2000)
Italië
studiereis (Jacobs 2000)

Teacher at academy/university: Akademie van beeldende kunsten (Den Haag)
1937-1962: docent (Jacobs 2000)
Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs (Amsterdam)
1944-1949 (Jacobs 2000)

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bik, Willem Hendrik
Meijer, Henk (1884-1970)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Aken, Wim van
As, Tom van
Berserik, Herman
Boer, Hessel de
Boon, Adri
Borst Pauwels, Annie
Bosch, Rinus van den
Brandes, Agnes Elisabeth
Dalenoord, Jenny
Dony, Yolanda
Doorman, Randi
Fraterman, Pieter
Gijzel, Adrian de
Jong, Hens de
Koster, Wim (1933-1992)
Lampe, George
Landsman, Dirk
Meibergen, David
Meijer, Mans
Nadal, Fernando de
Niemeijer, Hans
Paauw, Kees
Plokker, Johannes Herbert
Riel, Ton van
Staverman, Thomas
Steinbach, Lucia
Strüwer, Ardy
Struycken, Peter
Vroom, Jean Paul
Wegner, Toon
Westerik, Co
Willigen, Jan H. van

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure, landscape (genre), nude figure, abstraction, portrait, still life, bird scene

Medium/technique: watercolor, oil paint

Member of

Pulchri Studio (Den Haag)
vanaf 1945 (Jacobs 2000)
Haagsche Kunstkring
voorzitter vanaf 1945 (Jacobs 2000)
Vrij Beelden
vanaf 1949 (Jacobs 2000)
Vereniging van Beoefenaars van de Monumentale Kunsten
omstreeks 1956 (Jacobs 2000)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 9 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Scheen 1969-1970 , vol. 2, p. 327-328 (as: Schrofer, Wilhelmus ('Willem');*)
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (as: Schrofer, Willem)
Jacobs 1993 , vol. 2, p. 366
Jacobs 2000 , vol. 5, p. 349-350 (as: Schrofer, Wilhelmus (Willem))

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

Archive location: archief Paul Citroen
archief W. Jos de Gruyter
Project: The Dutch in Paris - Retour de Paris

Comment: 1) TWI/kunstenaarsportretten/groot formaat, 2 Portretfoto's Willem Schrofer, RKD-PF 482 +483,
HR 1997/12/10.

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Creation date: 1994-03-22; Last modified date: 2017-10-10

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