Martinus Leonardus Middelhoek - Cityscape on water

Martinus Leonardus Middelhoek (Zwijndrecht, April 29, 1898 - Brielle, October 4, 1986) was a Dutch painter. Middelhoek trained at the Academy of Visual Arts and Technical Sciences in Rotterdam, where he was taught by Alexander van Maasdijk, among others. He initially worked as a carpenter, but increasingly focused on painting. He mainly painted landscapes, cityscapes and portraits. He stuck to a figurative style. In addition to being a painter, he was active as an etcher, draftsman and illustrator. He made two plaques for his hometown of Brielle in the 1930s. Son Piet Middelhoek (1930-2004) became a painter, just like his father. He was an uncle of the physicist Simon Middelhoek.