Person
Jan Verkade
Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter
Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus (Jan) Verkade (September 18, 1868 - July 19, 1946), afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., is a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter.
A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belonga to the circle of artists known as 'Les Nabis.'
Of a Dutch Anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey lead him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to take Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious name Willibrord.
He enters the Archabbey of Beuron and continues his work in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School.
He wora throughout Europe and haa an important influence on the continuing development of the new Benedictine Art.