News — Biografie

RSS

Painter of light: Jan van der Kooi

Jan van der Kooi (Groningen, 1957) is a Dutch figurative draftsman and painter, widely regarded as one of the foremost living artists in the Netherlands. Van der Kooi grew up in the village of Bed...

Magic Deunhouwer

Piet Deunhouwer (Utrecht 1928) was an illustrator/advertising artist at the Academy of Visual Arts, first in Rotterdam and then in The Hague. Initially he wanted to become a cartoonist. During his...

Jacob Simon Hendrik 'Hein' Kever (Amsterdam, 1854 - 1922, Amsterdam) was a dreamy Dutch painter and a prominent member of the Laren School. Born into a wealthy family, he gained early access to inf...

Freebooter Ans Wortel

Anna Maria (Ans) Wortel (Alkmaar 1929-1996 Hilvarenbeek) was a Dutch visual artist, poet and writer. She mainly made gouaches and oil paintings. She was self-taught and her work is strongly autobio...

Expressive & Naive Dirk Breed

Dirk Breed (Kolhorn 1920 – 2004) was a resilient artist despite the small handicap of a stiff leg. During World War II, he studied under Thijs Sterk in Bergen. In 1946, he began his education ...

The Pursuit for Color by Hillenius

Jaap Hillenius (1934-1999) style is often described as a personal variant of nineteenth-century Impressionism, with Manet and Seurat being his major influences. These techniques inspired his painti...

Lumunist Emile Claus

Emile Claus (Sint-Eloois-Vijve 1849 – 1924 Astene) was The representative of Impressionism in Belgium. Between 1869 and 1874, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under land...

Divisionistic George Morren

Belgian artist George Morren (Ekeren 1868-1941 Brussels) was the son of a grain merchant and received his first painting lessons in Antwerp from Emile Claus. He fled the conformist teaching system...