Gerrit Paape [SEP] date of death
Gerrit Paape
Gerrit Paape (Delft, 4 February 1752 – The Hague, 7 December 1803) was a Dutch "plateelschilder" (painter of earthenware and stoneware), poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and (at the end of his career) ministerial civil servant.
Life.
Gerrit Paape was born to a poor couple with many children. Because he wanted to draw well, his father had him placed in a local earthenware factory in 1765, where he learned the trade of the "plateelschilder
Paape
Paape is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Eddy Paape (1920–2012), Belgian cartoonist
- Gerrit Paape (1752–1803), Dutch poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and ministerial civil servant
- Jürgen Paape, German techno musician and co-owner of the record label Kompakt