Artists in Bergen Op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom has always housed many artists. Some of them are, in chronological order:
- Jacob Obrecht (1457–1505, composer),
- Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536, humanist, philosopher, author),
- Lowijs Porquin (1511–1573, author),
- Abel Grimmer (1570–1619, artist),
- Samuel de Swaef (1597–1636, printer, writer),
- Gerrit Houckgeest (1600–1661, painter),
- Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1612–1653, historian, author),
- Bernardus Bosch (1746–1803, politician, publisher, author),
- Lodewijk van Deijssel (1864–1952, critic, novelist),
- Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957, novelist),
- Willem van Dort (1875–1922, painter),
- A. M. de Jong (1888–1943, politician, novelist),
- Anton van Duinkerken (1903–1968, poet, critic)
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