Gé Hurkmans

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGerardus Antonius Alexander Nicolaas "Gé"•Hurkmans
Used nameGé•Hurkmans
Born20 May 1911 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant (NED)
Died11 August 1984 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (NED)
NOC Netherlands

Biography

Dutch painter Gé Hurkmans studied simultaneously at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam and the Academy St. Joost in Den Bosch from 1928-34. He then taught drawing, architecture and art history at schools in Bergen Op Zoom, Tilburg, Amsterdam and Den Bosch. Hurkmans was drawing and painting teacher at the academy in Den Bosch during the 1940s, where he was later director from 1959-76. Hurkmans was primarily a landscape painter and designer of posters for Catholic propaganda. His wife Lucie was a meritorious fashion illustrator.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions NED Gé Hurkmans
Painting, Unknown Event, Open (Olympic) AC