Bas Veth

Bas Veth was a Dutch painter, watercolorist, and political activist for the Boer republics, who also worked as a journalist and businessman. As a painter Veth mostly produced landscapes, river- and sea-scapes inspired by the Haag School. Veth was active in the General Dutch Association supporting the Boer Republic in South Africa, writing newspaper articles and press notices. He also purchased explosives, weapons and ammunition and smuggled them to South Africa. After the Boer Wars Veth moved to Den Haag, where he and his wife divorced. In 1911, Bas Veth went to Paris, where he worked as an interpreter.

In Paris in 1924, he was not only a participant in the art competitions but also secretary to the attaché of the Dutch delegation to the French Olympic Committee. Since he lived in Paris, he was in charge of his home country’s team during the Olympics.