Jan Hulsker

Jan Hulsker

Jan Hulsker (2 October 1907, The Hague - 9 November 2002, Vancouver) studied Dutch literature in Leyden and was promoted with a thesis on the author Aart van der Leeuw. Since 1953 he was appointed to the (Ministerie van Cultuur, Recreatie en Maatschappelijk werk), in charge of the art department. In 1959, he became general director in charge of culture at large (directeur-generaal voor culturele zaken). Since than, the establishment of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam were among his major tasks.

Since the 1950s, Hulsker contributed to the Van Gogh-research, concentrating on the dating of Van Gogh's correspondence, and in 1973, his most important study was published: "Van Gogh door Van Gogh", never translated from the Dutch.In the 1980s, Hulsker left the Netherlands and settled in Vancouver, Canada, where he died in 2002.

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