Bakker was born in
Amsterdam and studied there at the
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. He was a pupil of
Otto B. de Kat and
Gé Röling. He became a teacher at the same institution in 1967 and taught
Joost Barbiers. Bakker worked in Amsterdam and
Nieuwkoop. In 1961, he won the
Prix de Rome. Bakker died in 1969 in the hospital of
Meppel, as a result of a car crash. He had a wife and four children. == References ==