He was born in Haarlem. He became an artist in Haarlem after following training as a painter and sculptor at the
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in
Antwerp. He lived one winter in 1952 with Elsa and
Anton Heyboer in '
t Paradijsje, the nickname given to the small guild house of the Haarlem
Coomanshof. In 1965 his work was shown in
Heemstede along with that of his friend
Wim Steijn. He died in Haarlem. ==References==