He is considered as one of the few Dutch Art Deco painters.
He travelled to St. Ives as an artist/painter in the beginning of the World War I.
There he exhibited with Piet Mondriaan in New York City.
He settled down in the beginning of the twenties in the lake district of Loosdrecht where he lived until he died in September 1960.
The water lilies on the lake were one of his beloved subjects.