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Geertruida Hendrika (Riek) Schagen was born on November 15, 1913 in Amersfoort. She died on July 14, 2008 in Vorden. She lived and worked in Amsterdam, among other places. She was an actress (Saartje in the series Swiebertje), a singer and now a highly regarded painter. She painted and drew mainly "figurative abstractions". She was also an enamel artist and craftswoman. Her husband, whom she met when she was almost 40, was an avid painter. Schagen adopted that passion and actually enjoyed it more than acting. "Wonderful, that's something that's all your own. As an actress you are assigned the roles, you come up with them yourself.
Has about 50 national and international exhibitions to her name
Her work is represented in many national and international collections of private individuals and institutions.