Henkes was a Dutch painter and visual artist.
Henkes grew up in Rotterdam-Katendrecht, where he lived and worked for most of his life, and was a member of the R 33 artists group before World War II. After the war, he had various exhibitions, including at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
He chose his subjects from the world around him: the people and the port business, portraits, still lifes, landscapes, the devastation in the Rotterdam port, nude studies, and he fulfilled twenty monumental commissions.
By will, he left his studio collection of paintings and thousands of works on paper to the state; it is managed by the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency.
www.ftn-books.com has some Henkes titles available
