Hendricus Peter (Henk) Bremmer (17 May 1871,

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– 10 January 1956,

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) was a Dutch painter, art critic, art teacher, collector and art dealer. He was the father of the painter Rudolph Bremmer (1900–1993). Bremmer trained as a painter and artist, working in journalism from 1893–1895 and began teaching art in 1896. In the 1906-1907 season,

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, then one of the richest women in the Netherlands, was his pupil and she soon began collecting art. Bremmer advised her to put together a collection, later forming the basis of the

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. He also advised Hugo Tutein Nolthenius who kept of bust of him in his collection. Bremmer had contact with many artists. He lived from 1902 until his death in Artiestenhof in

. In 1912 he came into contact with

Bart van der Leck Bart van der Leck (26 November 1876, Utrecht (city), Utrecht – 13 November 1958, Blaricum) was a Dutch painter, designer, and ceramicist. With Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian he founded the De Stijl art movement. Son of a house painter, h ...

, providing financial support and a monthly allowance. In 1906 he published the art critique ''Eene inleiding tot het zien van beeldende kunst''. In 1913 he started a magazine of fine arts Bremmer had so much influence in Dutch art in the first half of the 20th century that he was called the "Art Pope". From 14 October 2006 to February 25, 2007 an exhibition on Bremmer, entitled ''The Art Tsar, H.P. Bremmer.'' was held at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.

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