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The painter Leonard Pieter Versteeg was born on January 17, 1901 in Waalwijk. He lived and worked mainly in the Tilburg and Sprang Capelle area and since 1927 in Hilversum.
Versteeg was a student of the Roman Catholic Courses in Tilburg led by JP van Delft and JC Ritsema. He also took lessons at the National Institute for the Training of Drawing Teachers led by H. Luns.
Versteeg paints, watercolors (pastel) and draws (pen) portraits, landscapes and flowers.
He also made designs of banners and batiks: New Impressionism.
Versteeg was a member of the BK associations “Laren-Blaricum” and “Hilversum”. He also taught at the Rijkskweekschool Hilversum and at J.Th.H. van Calker, JM Letter and G. van Velsen.
Info: Lexicon Pieter A. Scheen, RKD