His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

[3] Hendrik van den Eijnde was born into a Catholic family in Haarlem.

[4] He continued to develop through practice and study and was supported by Bart van Hove from 1902.

[5] Van den Eijnde led the sculptor's studio with Hildo Krop, Anton Rädecker [nl] and Joop van Lunteren [nl] on the sculpture decoration of the Scheepvaarthuis in Amsterdam, which was completed in 1916.

He started his own studio in 1917 and was a construction sculptor at the Government Buildings Agency (Rijksgebouwendienst [nl]) from 1917 to 1923.