Wilhelm Alexander Knip (Amsterdam, January 31, 1883 - Blaricum, October 28, 1967); Dutch painter and draftsman. He is also known as Willem Alexander Knip and signed his work as W.A. Knip. Knip was the son of the Baden-born swimming teacher Wilhelm Alexander Knip and Christina Jacoba Schultz of Amsterdam. He was educated at the Arts and Crafts School Quellinus (1897-1900) by Jan Visser Jr. and the Arts and Crafts School in Haarlem by Chris Lebeau. In 1901-1902 he studied at a private academy in Paris. He later taught Adri and Gretha Pieck and J.R.T. Philippi. He settled in the painters' village of Laren in 1905 and in the '20s lived and worked in France, Italy and Spain for some time. From 1934 he lived in Blaricum. Knip is seen as one of the greater painters of the Laren School. He painted, water-colored and drew with pastel chalk mainly port and city views and landscapes. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, the artists' association Sint Lucas and the Gooische Schildersvereniging. He exhibited several times and won the Sint-Lucas Prize (1942) and the Arti Medal (1953). His work has been included in the collections of, among others, the Van Abbemuseum and the Singer Museum. Knip died in Blaricum at the age of 84. [Google translation of https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Knip] undefined

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