H. van Raalte
H. van Raalte | |
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| Born | (1881-02-11)11 February 1881 Lambeth, London, UK |
| Died | 4 November 1929(1929-11-04) (aged 48) |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Occupations | Artist, printmaker |
Henri Benedictus van Raalte (11 February 1881 – 4 November 1929), known as H. van Raalte, was an Australian artist and printmaker.
Early life and training
Van Raalte was born in Lambeth, London in 1881 to a Dutch father, Joel van Raalte, a cigar merchant, and an English mother, Frances Elizabeth nee Cable.[1] He was educated at the City of London School, the Royal Academy and later in Belgium and the Netherlands.[2][3]
He resigned in January 1926 after interference by Sir William Sowden, president of the Gallery's board, in the hanging of what Van Raalte considered "bad art".[4]
Death
He died on 4 November, 1929. Van Raalte Place, in the Canberra suburb of Conder, is named in his honour.[5]
References
- ^Joel van Raalte married at Tunbridge, Kent in 1871 to Frances Elizabeth Cable: civil marriage registration no. 2a/817, Sept Quarter 1871, Tunbridge Registration District. In April 1881 census ‘Henry’, his parents and 6 siblings were living in Brixton Road, Lambeth: RG11 607/17, The National Archives.
- ^Serle, Percival (1949). "Ratte, Henri Benedictus Van". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^Chappell, Christabel (1990). "Van Raalte, Henri Benedictus Salaman (1881–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^"Mr. Van Raalte's Resignation". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 January 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^"National Memorial Ordinance 1928 DETERAMINATION OF NOMENCLATURE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY NATIONAL MEMORIALS ORDINANCE 1928 DETERMINATION OF NOMENCLATURE". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. P25. Australia. 31 August 1988. p. 11. Retrieved 16 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- Clifford-Smith, Silas (2010), 'Henri van Raalte' (peer reviewed biography), Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, [1]
External links
- Images of prints by Australian artist Henri van RaalteArchived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
