Albertus Alidus Steenbergen

Born in Hoogeveen in 1814, Albertus Alides Steenbergen was a Dutch painter and writer who spent his life in the Drenthe region. Sources describe how an accident in infancy left him physically disabled for life, and he later moved with crutches or a wheelchair.

Alongside his visual art, he wrote prose connected to Drenthe and its local culture. He published under his own name and is remembered in regional literary sources as an early Drenthe writer; Project Gutenberg lists Nevelhekse among his works.

Steenbergen died in Hoogeveen in 1900. Today he is noted not only for his paintings, but also for preserving a sense of place in his writing, making his work especially interesting for readers drawn to regional history and overlooked literary voices.