CAMPENDONK, HEINRICH

(1889–1957)

   Painter. Born in Krefeld, Germany, Campendonk studied at the School of Decorative Arts there with his teacher Jan Thorn Prikker. In 1911, at the invitation of Franz Marc, he joined the Blaue Reiter, the circle of Expressionist painters (with Wassily Kandinsky, among others). He participated in the Erste Deutsche Herbstsalon, organized in 1913 by art dealer Herwarth Walden in Berlin. In 1922, Campendonk returned to Krefeld and from that time on, occupied teaching posts in Essen and Dusseldorf. When in 1933 his work was declared entartete Kunst (degenerate art) by the Nazis, he immigrated to Belgium. In 1935, he was appointed teacher at the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam. Campendonk’s works include woodcuts and monumental stained-glass windows.