Bernardus Antonie van Beek (30 January 1875, in Amsterdam – 3 March 1941, in Kortenhoef) was a Dutch landscape painter.
His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
In Kortenhoef, he met Paul Gabriël, who had the major influence on his early work.
[8][9] These teachers of the Hague School had a significant influence on his painting style and the perfection of his training.
[11] In the paintings of the city face he orientated almost towards to Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), like "The street of Delft" and Gerrit Adriaensz.
Especially the selected, graded shade of blue as a message of the trapped atmosphere is a characteristic of him.
The screen layout is corresponding to the former kind of the old Dutch landscape painting - he rises from bottom left to top right.
[14] He also chooses the classic theme of the windmill of Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1824-1903) and Paul Gabriel (1828-1903)—both are in the tradition of Jacob van Ruisdael (1630-1681).