Martinus van Regteren Altena

Born in Amsterdam, he was a son of Johan Quirijn van Regteren Altena, director of the Deli Maatschappij, and Gerardina Maria Jonker,^[2] making him brother to the painter Marie van Regteren Altena^[3] and uncle to the art historian Iohan Quirijn van Regteren Altena.

He initially studied at Delft Technical University, gaining a diploma as a civil engineer. He studied from 1891 to 1894 at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam under Wilhelmus Hendrikus Petrus Johannes de Zwart.^[4] He became an employee of Jan Veth.^[3]

He lived and worked in Amsterdam from 1891 to 1894, Paris 1897 to 1899, Laren, North Holland, until 1902, Bussum until 1906, then in Nunspeet, where he died of tuberculosis.^[1]

• (in German) 'Regteren Altena, Martinus van.' In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 28: Ramsden–Rosa. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 91–92 (biblos.pk.edu.pl).
• (in German) Sigrid Trauzeddel: Regteren Altena, Martinus van. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Band 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0, S. 678
• (in Dutch) Martinus van Regteren Altena in: Biografisch Portaal van Nederland
• Scheen, Pieter (21 February 2019). "Martinus van Regteren Altena - de betekenis volgens Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750-1950". www.ensie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
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