Jan Verkade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Verkade

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1868

Place of Birth: Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1946

Profession: painter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus (Jan) Verkade (18 September 1868 - 19 July 1946), afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter.
A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belonged to the circle of artists known as 'Les Nabis.' Of a Dutch anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey led him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to take Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious name Willibrord.
He entered the Archabbey of Beuron and continued his work in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School.
He worked throughout Europe and had an important influence on the continuing development of the new Benedictine Art.