[Hendrik Wiegersma (1891-1969)--doctor for ten hours, painter for eight]

Wiegersma was an eccentric general practitioner in the Catholic Dutch province of Brabant, like his father. In his home village, Deurne, he chanced to encounter a circle of painters and sculptors; through their encouragement, painting became an important part of his life after 1924. He painted in an expressionistic style, mostly portraits of human figures; also self-portraits. Up until the Second World War, expositions of his work were held in the Netherlands as well as abroad. Afterwards, he lost contact with the newly emerging artistic movement. He practised medicine until 1962.