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Arthur van Schendel
Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is "Het fregatschip Johanna Maria". His son Arthur F.E. van Schendel (1910-1979) was General Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam from 1959-1975.
Prizes.
- 1931 – C.W. van der Hoogtprijs for "Het fregatschip Johanna Maria"
- 1933 – Tollensprijs for his entire oeuvre
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" [fr], Brussel, 1938 & Amsterdam, Breitner, 1939.
- "De restauraties van Rembrandt’s Nachtwacht" [nl], in: Old Holland, 1947.
- "De schimmen van De Staalmeesters" [nl], in: Old Holland, 1956.
References.
- Vries, de, A.B., Arthur van Schendel (1910-1979), in: The Burlington Magazine, 1979.
- Thiel, van P.J.J., All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: