Theodorus Henricus Antonius Adolph Molkenboer (23 Feb. 1871, Leeuwarden, NL – 1 Dec. 1920, Lugano, Switzerland); Dutch painter and designer; notably of book covers and posters. He was also an expert on the history of Dutch folk costumes and wrote several short works on that subject. His father was the architect and painter, Willem Molkenboer (nl). His brother, Antoon, also became a painter and his sister, Phemia, an artist as well. He began his studies in Amsterdam at the Rijksnormaalschool voor Tekenonderwijzers (Royal Normal School for Technical Drawing), a school that was founded by his father. He graduated in 1891 and, for a short time, worked as an architectural draftsman in the offices of Pierre Cuypers. He maintained a lifelong interest in church architecture and wrote an influential article on the topic for De Katholieke Illustratie. He felt more drawn to decorative painting and portraiture so, in 1892, he enrolled at the Rijksakademie, where he studied with August Allebé, Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, and his uncle, Antoon Derkinderen (nl). His first major commission was a portrait of Jan Six, a Professor at the Akademie and well-known art collector. He later did portraits of many notable figures in the Catholic Church. In 1897, he won the Willink van Collenprijs. ...Following the example of his brother, Antoon, he began making lengthy stays in the United States to give personal service to his American customers. He spent much of the years 190913 living there, mostly in Boston and Washington. His most prestigious commission was a portrait of President... His battles with the government bureaucracy left him exhausted and he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In 1920, he went to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, seeking a cure, but died a few months later. His art works and collections were auctioned off the following year. In 2010, his painting The Toilette was used on the Netherlands 44 Eurocent postage stamp. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Molkenboer] undefined

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