Hendrika van der Pek

Hendrika Wilhelmina Jacoba van der Pek, later Hendrika Schaap (9 January 1867 – 23 August 1926), was a Dutch painter.

[1] She was educated at the Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers (National Normal School for Drawing Teachers) and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts).

[2] Her art featured flowers, farmhouses, biblical scenes, historical performances, landscapes, portraits, and still life.

They lived together in a villa near the artists’ village of Kortenhoef.

[3] Her works Jumping Horseman and Harbor for Yachts were posthumously submitted to the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.