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Dutch artist Cornelis Raaphorst was born in the village Nieuwkoop on October 2, 1875. He died in the village Wassenaar on January 24, 1954.

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Cornelis Raaphorst comes from a farming family of seven children.

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He grew up in poor conditions in Wassenaar. From a young age he was involved in drawing and later also painting.

At the age of 25 Cornelis Raaphorst married and had a family with nine children. Cornelis then earned his money as a house painter. In his spare hours he developed himself into an amateur painter through self-study.

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Only after he got a contract from an art gallery in 1923, Cornelis Raaphorst became a fine artist by profession.

His brother Willem Raaphorst (1870-1963) was also a painter and mainly painted flower still lifes and landscapes. Maria Hendrika (Riet) Raaphorst (1919-1946), a daughter of Willem, also became a well-known artist. By his brother Willem, Cornelis met the Dutch artists Paul Citroen (1896-198 Cornelis Raaphorst - Artist Biography and Works for Sale JYJUV