Dirk Hannema, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dirk Hannema

Dutch art collector, museum director, member of Seyss-Inquart organisation

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1895

Place of Birth: Batavia

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1984

Profession: painter, art historian, art collector, museum director

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dirk Hannema (16 September 1895 – 7 July 1984) was a controversial museum director and art collector.
The Museum Boijmans flourished under his directorship, but he was also arrested and interned for eight months for his conduct during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.
Further, his reputation was severely damaged when he inaccurately attributed various forgeries to the painter Johannes Vermeer, among others.
However, a quarter century after his death, he was at least partially vindicated when Le Blute-Fin Mill, a painting he had championed (to universal scorn) as a van Gogh, was finally authenticated as being by the renowned painter.