Goedhart settled in Amsterdam in 1910, where he attended the Rijksacademie. As a portrait painter he soon makes a name for himself and his first assignment in 1927 is to paint a portrait of Queen Wilhelmina. Contemporaries praise his work for the naturalness of composition and light and the beautiful painting of clothing and jewelry. [http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/173500481377/a-young-girl-reading-1929-jan-catharinus]