Hermanus Willem Koekkoek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermanus Willem Koekkoek

painter from the Northern Netherlands

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1867

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-Sep-1929

Profession: painter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hermanus Willem Koekkoek (7 January 1867, Amsterdam – 9 September 1929, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, known for his military scenes.
He was part of the famous family of painters, son of Willem Koekkoek and brother of Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek. He was trained by his father, and lived and worked in Amsterdam, and from 1887 to 1891 and again from 1901 to 1920 in London.
Many of his paintings are on the subject of the Franco-German War of 1870/1 and the Boer War in South Africa.
Preferably, he painted cavalry charges, but also the daily life of soldiers.