Henk Krijger

Henk (Hendrik Cornelis) Krijger, was born in Karuni on the tiny island of Sumba in the Malaysian archipelago on 19 November, 1914. In 1928 at the age of 14 he travelled to the Netherlands to attend the Gereformeerd Gymnasium in Amsterdam. Between 1932 and 1938 he attended the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs and the Rijksinstituut tot Opleiding van Tekenleraren in Amsterdam. Krijger’s primary reputation in the Netherlands was as a book designer, illustrator, typographer and type-designer. From 1956 until 1969 he also gained recognition for commissioned work for buildings and in public spaces. In 1969 Krijger immigrated to the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois, USA to become Master Artist for the Institute for Christian Art (ICA) — later Patmos Workshop and Gallery (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Krijger returned to the Netherlands from Canada in 1973. He died September 29, 1979. A substantial collection of Krijger works (44 original works and 26 museum quality size-as prints from high resolution photographs of original works) collected by the Senggih Foundation (established, 2017 and based in Western Michigan) was recently made part of the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) collection of contemporary art. See: https://artgallery.gvsu.edu/Detail/entities/5498. The GVSU welcomes donations of additional Krijger works.