HE WAS BORN IN HOLLAND IN 1872.

AT THE BEGGINING HE WAS A TEACHER BUT HE WANTED TO BE AN

ARTIST

HIS FIRST PAINTINGS WERE HOLLAND LANDSCAPES

IN 1911 HE WENT TO PARIS

IN PARIS HE MET OTHER PAINTERS AS PICASSO ,AND HE BEGAN TO PAINT LIKE

THEY

IN 1938 HE WENT TO NEW YORK

HERE, HE STARTED TO PAINT WITH PRIMARY COLOURS AND BLACK LINES AND HE BECAME

VERY FAMOUS.

HE DIED IN NEW YORK IN 1944