Hendrik
Christiaan van de Leur
Born in
Velzen on 12 august 1898. He was raised in Utrecht, where his education was at
first MULO-B and after that the "ambachtsschool". His education was
focused on water constructing. His teacher, mister Sirag introduces Van de Leur
to Bellot and in august 1922 he is hired by Bellot to calculate and
administrate Bellot’s projects. Dom Bellot gives Van de Leur more
responsibility over the years and on January 1, 1929 they become associated:
"business partners".
Dom Bellot
leaves Oosterhout and moves to Wisques. Van de Leur stays in The Netherlands
and starts his own atelier in Nijmegen.
Until 1940 the designs of Van de Leur are closely related to Bellot’s works, they contact each other many times by letters and visits. After the second world war Van de Leur is forced to build in a different way: There is no place anymore for skilled bricklaying, because many buildings had to be restored after the destructions during the war. He designs in his own way, using more concrete and less brick, and develops his own style, matching Dutch religious architecture of the 1950’s. Hendrik van de Leur died in 1995 in Nijmegen.
Van de Leur
has built 24 churches and chapels. Besides the churches he has designed over
300 other buildings, including a reconstruction of ancient Jerusalem (Via
Oriëntalis) in the museum "Heilig Landstichting" in Nijmegen.
Here is a
list of his religious buildings:
Church at
Oploo (1929),
Enlargement
of the church at Sint-Anthonis (1929)
Church of
St. Lambertus at Vorstenbosch (1932),
Basilica of
St. Francis at Bolsward (1933),
Church of
St. Francis at Groningen (1933),
Church of
St. Gerardus Majella at Utrecht (1935),
Church of
St. Remigius at Leuth (1934),
Modification
of the church of St. Peter at Berlicum (1932), demolished
The chapel
of Mariëndaal at Groesbeek (1939).
Church of
OLV at De Meern (1939),
Church of
St. Leonardus at Helmond (1939),
Church at
Woezik (1946) ,
Church at
Deest (1950),
Church at
Drunen (1950),
Rebuilding
of the church at Beugen, (1952).
Church of the
Holy Trinity at Bloemendaal (1952), demolished
Church of
St. Joseph Opifex at Leidschendam (1960),
Church of
the Holy Sacrament at Nijmegen/Brakkestein (1962), demolished
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