Bern van Beek

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameBernardus Antonie "Bern"•van Beek
Used nameBern•van Beek
Born30 January 1875 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (NED)
Died6 March 1941 in Kortenhoef, Noord-Holland (NED)
NOC Netherlands

Biography

Dutch painter Bern van Beek initially worked with his father as a decorative interior painter. He subsequently attended the School of Arts and Crafts, but never attended an arts academy. Originally from Amsterdam, Van Beek liked to paint in the small nearby village of Kortenhoef, where he settled in 1911. Painter Paul Gabriël (1828-1903) was a major influence on van Beek’s early work, which later was heavily influenced by the Haagse School and, to a lesser extent, Amsterdam Impressionism. His landscapes featured mostly summer or polder views of the immediate surroundings of Kortenhoef. In his still lifes he painted mainly flowers, but also fishing and sailing scenes – one of the latter was Van Beek’s entry in the 1928 Olympics.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Art Competitions NED Bern van Beek
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC