Henk Krijger

Hendrik (Henk) Cornelis Krijger, also known as Senggih (19 November 1914 – 27 September 1979) was a Dutch artist.

Krijger was born in Karoeni on the island of Sumba, then part of the Dutch East Indies. He moved to the Netherlands in 1928, and studied at the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs.[1] Krijger lived in the Netherlands the rest of his life, apart from the period 1969 to 1973, when he served as Master Artist of the Institute for Christian Art/Patmos Workshop and Gallery, first in Chicago and then in Toronto.[2] He participated in the Dutch Resistance in World War II.[3]

Krijger worked in a variety of media, including drawing, painting, print, and sculpture.[4] He was a member of the Haagse Kunstkring. Peter Enneson describes Krijger as a "maverick" and notes that he was self-consciously both Christian and expressionist.[5]

  • Het Gezin (1964) in Zwolle
  • Het mosterdzaadje in Dordrecht

References

  1. ^ Enneson, Peter. "Henk Krijger: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel". ArtWay. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ^ Enneson, Peter (1995). "Senggih's The Survivors: An Exercise in Artwriting". Pledges of Jubilee: Essays on the Arts and Culture, in Honor of Calvin G. Seerveld. Eerdmans. p. 229.
  3. ^ "Artist Profile: Henk Krijger". Grand Valley State University. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Crisscrossing: The Art of Henk Krijger". Grand Valley State University. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  5. ^ Enneson, "The Survivors," p. 230.
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