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Ien Lucas
Ien Lucas (born 1955, Echt, the Netherlands) is a Dutch visual artist. Lucas creates her abstract paintings on canvas or wood using acrylic paint and a range of other materials regularly used in modern art. Her series of works called 'notes' depicts her research-driven approach in which she first runs trials of new designs on a small scale. Most of the larger pieces can directly be related to the research and paintings from the 'notes' series. Education Ien Lucas studied visual arts at: * De Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg, the Netherlands * Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands * Banff Art Centre, Banff, Canada Whilst at the various art schools, Ien Lucas was a student of some notable artists such as René Daniëls and Jan Dibbets. During her studies she focused on paintings but also experimented with textiles and other more experimental graphical techniques. This knowledge is reflected in her works as many are made using a range of different materia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echt, Netherlands
Echt (; ) is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was a municipality itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren on 1 January 2003. The municipality of Echt had about 19,300 inhabitants and an area of about 75,13 square km. History First recorded in the 7th century, Echt was a village, then within the County of Loon. Between 928 and 939 Gerberga of Saxony gave the estate of "Ettha" and its church to the St Servatius community in Maastricht. In 1075/1076 Gerard I of Guelders, received the estate of Echt on loan from Albert III, Count of Namur and deputy duke of Lower Lorraine. However, a charter from Emperor Henry IV from 1087 gives a different picture of this donation: according to the Godschalk van Aken, Gerard I of Guelders is said to have illegally taken possession of the church of Echt ("Echta") ("invaserat"), while this belonged to the St. Servatius Chapter. By judgment of the imperial court of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
