Herman Moerkerk was born in Den Bosch on the second of March 1879.
He was a Dutch painter, illustrator, etcher, director, art critic, and book cover designer.
Moerkerk married Henriette Jita Alard.
His working period started in 1894 until he died in 1949. He was a student Jan Bogaerts, Dorus van Kempen and Piet Slager.
Moerkerk, himself was a teacher of Marinus Bies, Georges Gussenhoven, Jacques Pijnenborg and Geert van Wanrooy.
The subjects of his works portraits, still lives, caricatures, city views.
Moerkerk died in Haarlem on the 23rd of August in 1949 in Haarlem.