Jan Derk Huibers (27 December 1829, Deventer – 7 April 1918, Zeist) was a Dutch painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. He painted a wide variety of subjects, but is best known for his genre scenes. Some sources incorrectly give his year of death as 1919.[1]
After completing his studies, he stayed in Amsterdam; becoming a member of Arti et Amicitiae. In 1868, he became a teacher at the drawing school operated by the Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, a charitable organization. That same year, he married Elisabet Gerarda Hendriks, and began participating in the Exhibition of Living Masters.
From 1872, he also taught at the drawing school in Zwolle. His painting "Away from Home" won the Royal Gold Medal at an Arti et Amicitiae exhibition in 1876.[2] He became one of the first instructors at the newly established Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers [nl], a teacher training school, in 1881.[3] He was also a board member of the Association for Drawing Education.