Hendrik Pieter Groen, also known as Piet Groen, was born in 1886 and died in 1964. He lived and worked in Rotterdam. He was a student of the Academy of Visual Arts in this city o.l.v. J.G. Heijberg and A.H.R. van Maasdijk. He mainly painted and drew cityscapes of Rotterdam, ports and landscapes and still lifes.