Bart Anthonij van der Leck (26 November 1876 - 13 November 1958), Dutch painter and designer.
He began his aprenticeship in Utrecht, working in several stained-glass studios, then gained a scolarship which allowed him to study at the Nationaal school voor Kunstnijverheid, Amsterdam, between 1900 - 1904. At the same time he attended night classes at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where one of his teachers was August Allebe. His first works had various influences, both Sybolist and Impressionist.
In 1905 he designed a new and special edition of The Song of Solomon, together with his friend, the architect and furniture maker Piet Klaarhamer. He travelled to Paris in 1907, then returned to the Netherlands, and for the next decade he moved around a lot, living in Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.
































