Izaak Leendert Bedding was a Jewish artist in Amsterdam and contributed many drawings to the Jewish weekly De Vrijdagavond. He was born in Amsterdam on July 24, 1887 and died near Oswiecim on September 7, 1942. He lived and worked in Amsterdam (temporarily in Valkenswaard from 1917 to 1918). He attended the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam from 1906 to 1912. He painted, drew, and etched.