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Ter Borch is a surname. The most notable person with that name was the Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681). Other people with the surname ter Borch include: * Gerard ter Borch the Elder (1583–1662), Dutch painter * Gesina ter Borch Gesina ter Borch (Deventer 15 November 1631 – Zwolle 16 April 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age watercolorist and draftswoman, whose work mostly consists of watercolor paintings in albums. Most of her work captured her observations of family life, ... (1633–1690), Dutch artist * Menzo ter Borch (1896–1981), Dutch trade unionist * Moses ter Borch (1645–1667), Dutch artist {{surname ...
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Gerard Ter Borch
Gerard ter Borch (; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg (), was a Dutch Golden Age painter mainly of genre subjects. He influenced his fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Johannes Vermeer. According to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Ter Borch "established a new framework for subject matter, taking people into the sanctum of the home", showing the figures' uncertainties and expertly hinting at their inner lives. His influence as a painter, however, was later surpassed by Vermeer. Biography Gerard ter Borch was born in December 1617 in Zwolle in the province of Overijssel in the Dutch Republic. He received an excellent education from his father Gerard ter Borch the Elder, also an artist, and developed his talent very early. The inscription on a study of a head proves that ter Borch was at Amsterdam in 1632, where he studied possibly under Willem Cornelisz Duyster or Pieter Codde. Duyster's influence can be traced in ...
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Gerard Ter Borch The Elder
Gerard ter Borch (1583 in Zwolle – 1662 in Zwolle), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Arnold Houbraken, who referred to him as Gerard ter Borch's father, he was a good painter who had spent many years in Rome and who was the first teacher of his better known son.Gerard ter Borch Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by , courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
According to the RKD, he was the pupil of

Gesina Ter Borch
Gesina ter Borch (Deventer 15 November 1631 – Zwolle 16 April 1690) was a Dutch Golden Age watercolorist and draftswoman, whose work mostly consists of watercolor paintings in albums. Most of her work captured her observations of family life, current events, and fashionable people. In addition to the visual arts, she wrote love poetry. Early life and education Gesina ter Borch was born on 15 November 1631 in Deventer in the Dutch Republic. She was the first child of the third marriage of Gerard ter Borch the Elder, who taught her to draw and paint. Her father was a draftsman and artist, but became a customs collector of commercial trade with the title of license master, working on the border between the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic. He trained her older and younger brothers more formally but ter Borch was well educated for a woman of her time and class, learning to read, write and study the art of calligraphy (seen as suitable endeavours for well-born women). She a ...
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Menzo Ter Borch
Menzo ter Borch (1896–1981) was a Dutch trade unionist. Born in Borger, ter Borch became a glassblower in 1908, working in Nieuw-Buinen, then Schiedam, and then in Nieuw-Buinen. His parents died in the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, and he then became responsible for bringing up some of his younger siblings. Ter Borch joined the Glass and Pottery union, and from 1921 was an unpaid member of its executive. In 1926, it merged into the Dutch Union of Factory Workers (NVvFA). He also joined the Social Democratic Workers' Party, becoming in 1923 one of its first members to win election to the Stadskanaal local council. In 1931, ter Borch began working for the union full-time, moving to Groningen, and was also appointed to its executive. He was soon elected to the council in Groningen. At the start of World War II, he tried to leave the country, but was prevented from doing so. In 1940, he was appointed to the Groningen Provincial Council, as a replacement for F. J. Schaper, w ...
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