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Cornelis Blankenaar (Rotterdam, December 14, 1876 - Soest, March 24, 1953)
Blankenaar was - although trained as such by the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts - not a "bread" painter. He lived mainly from a family fortune and sold relatively few paintings. He usually gave them away or sold them for a prix d'amis. As far as is known, B. exhibited only once (around 1923).
During the years of WWII Blankenaar had to deal with material shortages. During that period he painted a lot on cardboard, prepared sheets of paper, etc. Later these very meritorious works were provided with panels.
During this period he painted many classical-romantic subjects, such as landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, characteristic heads, domestic and allegorical scenes."