Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus (Jan) Verkade (18 September 1868 – 19 July 1946), afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter. A disciple of Paul Gauguin and buddy of Paul Sérusier, he belonged to the circle of artists known as ‘Les Nabis.’ Of a Dutch anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey led him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to accept Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious state Willibrord. He entered the Archabbey of Beuron and continued his behave in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School. He worked throughout Europe and had an important influence upon the continuing move ahead of the additional Benedictine Art.
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