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Johannes ten Klooster was born in Kudus, Java on August 7, 1873, the son of a Javanese/Chinese mother and Dutch father. He was educated in the Netherlands and joined the Dutch army in 1891. He served between 1897 and 1914 as a sergeant in Indonesia - Java, Sumatra and New Guinea. He had married Emilie Gerrits in Sumatra in 1903 and they had 3 children. After returning to the Netherlands and retiring in 1919 he began his pursuit of his passion, art. He was fascinated (showing 500 of 887 characters). |
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