among the most celebrated artists belonging to this avantgardist school were charley toorop and john rädecker. in particular the amsterdam art collector piet boendermaker and c.w.n. baard contributed to the fame of the bergense school. other members of the school are: else berg, gerrit van blaaderen, arnout colnot, dirk filarski, leo gestel, jaap weijand, frans huysmans, harrie kuyten, kees maks, jaap sax, mommie schwarz, jan sluyters, wim schumacher, matthieu wiegman and piet wiegman.