Gerrit Schouten
Gerrit Schouten was a Surinamese artist, who has become famous for his painted papier-maché dioramas of Surinamese life.
Schouten was born in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, then a Dutch colony. The son of Hendrik Schouten, a Dutch government clerk, and Suzanna Hanssen, a local black woman, he was an autodidact and taught himself how to paint.Literature
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