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John Rädecker (5 December 1885,
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– 12 January 1956, Amsterdam) was a painter and sculptor from the northern Netherlands, best known for his National Monument on the Dam.


Biography

According to the
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he was a pupil of Bart van Hove and a member of various painting societies such as the '' Hollandse Aquarellisten Kring'' and the
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-based De Groep, as well as being a sculptor.John Rädecker
in the
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 The
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has a portrait of his daughter by his hand on show in their " Modern", or "Second" art gallery. He designed the National Monument and asked Adriaan Roland Holst to write the poem at the base. When he died, the monument was finished by his sons Johan ("Han") and Jan Willem.


Public collections

Among the public collections holding works by John Rädecker are: * Museum de Fundatie,
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Amsterdamse School Museum Het Schip
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radecker, John 1885 births 1956 deaths Dutch male sculptors Painters from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch sculptors 20th-century Dutch male artists