Early Life, Training and Artistic Style Born in Makkum on September 10, 1934, Leo Dooper began his life far from the bustling streets of the capital, yet his path would eventually lead him to the heart of Dutch artistic instruction. He sought out formal training at the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs in Amsterdam, where he spent the years between 1956 and 1959 honing his craft. It was during these formative years that the draughtsman and painter began to develop the unique sensibilities that would define his later output. He did not merely seek to replicate the world, but to interpr…