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Willem De Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning. Overview The Willem de Kooning Academy is the art school of Rotterdam and part of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (RUAS). It is regarded as one of the most prestigious art schools in the country and no. 1 in advertising and copywriting. Previously called the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Academy of Visual Arts), it has since 1998 carried the name of alumnus Willem de Kooning (1904β1997). Willem de Kooning was born in north Rotterdam and graduated in decoration art (now styling). He went to New York at the age of 22 and became a frontman of the Abstract Expressionism painting movement of the 1940s and 1950s. The academy's postgraduate programmes are housed in the Piet Zwart Institute, named after faculty alumnus Piet Zwart (1885β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Kouwen
Philip Kouwen (18 June 1922, in Rotterdam β 17 December 2002, in Warnsveld) was a Dutch artist notable for his graphic works, mostly landscapes and cityscapes which used grey color. Kouwen graduated from the Rotterdam Academy of Art. Rotterdam was badly damaged during World War II, and after the war, in 1949, Kouwen with a group of his former classmates moved to Dordrecht, where it was easier to rent an atelier. In Dordrecht, he became a member of the Pictura Art Society, and between 1949 and 1961 he had his atelier at Pictura. From 1956, he was teaching at the Academy of Art and Industry in Enschede. Kouwen started his career as a painter, but since the end of the 1950s, he also started working as a graphics designer, which shifted his interests to graphics, in particular, drawing. He started creating cityscapes (most notably, of Dordrecht) and landscapes in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, he exclusively worked with black chalk. In 1984, Kouwen moved from Dordrecht to Warnsveld, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun Jacob
Teunis (Teun) Jacob (Rheden, 11 June 1927 - 12 October 2009) was a Dutch wall painter and sculptor, who lived and worked in Rotterdam since the early 1950s. He made both figure and nonrepresentational art. Live and work Born in Rheden, Jacob studied fine art at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in the department of drawing and painting. As sculptor he was autodidact. Since the 1950s Jacob worked as independent artist in Rotterdam. In 1957 Jacob and Ru van Rossem had a major exhibition of his work in the Lijnbaancentrum in Rotterdam.''Rotterdams jaarboekje 1957,'' 1958. p. 54 In the next decade he made sculptures for public places in Rotterdam, Spijkernisse and Tilburg. In 1970 he designed the summer exhibition for the theater museum in Amsterdam. In 1971 he was exhibition architect of the Brussels Pavilion and Downhill Palace in the Park of Culture and Rest Julius Fucik in Prague. In Rotterdam in 1974 he made a sketch design for the district buildings in the boroughs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Hussem
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim. Given name *Willem Cody (2007-Present), Active Serbian terrorist, Leader of the Serbian World Republic, Intolerably based * Willem I (1772β1843), King of the Netherlands * Willem II (1792β1849), King of the Netherlands * Willem III (1817β1890), King of the Netherlands * Willem of the Netherlands (1840β1879), Dutch prince *Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), King of the Netherlands *Willem Aantjes (b. 1923), Dutch politician *Willem Adelaar (b. 1948), Dutch linguist *Willem Andriessen (1887β1964), Dutch pianist and composer *Willem Arondeus (1894β1943), Dutch artist and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wout Van Heusden
Wouter Bernard (Wout) van Heusden (25 September 1896 in Rotterdam β 9 July 1982 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch graphic artist, who also worked as etcher, lithographer, manufacturer of woodcuts, painter, draftsman, and painters.Wout van Heusden; male / Netherlandish; graphic artist, etcher, lithographer, manufacturer of woodcuts, painter, draftsman, painters at rkd.nl, 2015. Van Heusden attended evening art classes in graphic techniques at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (now ) in Rotterdam, and kept living and working in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Ficheroux
Matheus Josephus Lambertus (Mathieu) Ficheroux (22 April 1926 - 11 October 2003) was a Dutch artist, who worked as sculptor, glass painter, painter, draftsman, wall painter and installation artist.Mathieu Ficheroux; male / Netherlandish; sculptor, glass painter, painter, draftsman, wall painter, installation artist at rkd.nl, 2015. He is considered among the foremost Dutch artist of the second part of the 20th century.Hans Walgenbach, Mathieu Ficheroux (1926-2003) " at hanswalgenbach.nl, May 16, 2012. Ficheroux is especially known for his 1960s "pink and brow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Van Der Ende
Ron van der Ende (born 1965) is a Dutch visual artist, who works as sculptor, installation artist, and video artist.Ron van der Ende; male / Dutch; sculptor, installation artist, video artist at rkd.nl. Accessed 2018-05-09. He is known for his monumental s, depicting objects such as cars, buildings and space capsules. Biography Van der Ende was born in Delft in 1965 and raised in , where his father worked in a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Eijk
Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''FranΓ§ois''. One cognate of Frans in English is '' Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572β1641), Dutch diplomat and statesman * Frans Ackerman (1330β1387), Flemish statesman * Frans Adelaar (born 1960), Dutch football player and manager * Frans Alphons Maria Alting von Geusau (born 1933), Dutch legal scholar and diplomat * Frans Aerenhouts (born 1937), Belgian cyclist * Frans Ananias (born 1972), Namibian footballer * Frans Andersson (1911β1988), Danish bass-baritone * Frans Andriessen (1929β2019), Dutch politician * Frans Anneessens (1660β1719), Flemish protest leader * Frans van Anraat (born 1942), Dutch businessman and convicted war criminal * Frans Badens ( fl. 1571β1618), Flemish painter * Frans Bak (born 1958), Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist * Frans Decker (1684β1751), 18th-century painter from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Van Dongen
Cornelis Theodorus Maria "Kees" van Dongen (26 January 1877 β 28 May 1968) was a Dutch-French painter who was one of the leading Fauvism, Fauves. Van Dongen's early work was influenced by the Hague School and symbolism and it evolved gradually into a rough pointillist style. From 1905 onwards β when he took part at the controversial 1905 Salon d'Automne exhibition β his style became more and more radical in its use of form and colour. The paintings he made in the period of 1905β1910 are considered by some to be his most important works. The themes of his work from that period are predominantly centered on the nightlife; he paints dancers, singers, masquerades, and theatre. Van Dongen gained a reputation for his sensuous β at times garish β portraits of especially women. Life and work Kees van Dongen was born in Delfshaven, then on the outskirts, and today a borough, of Rotterdam. He was the second of four children in a middle-class family. In 1892, at age 16, Kees va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Dolz
Dora Dolz de Herman (Barcelona, 5 November 1941 - Rotterdam, 1 March 2008) was a Spanish-Dutch artist, best known for her outdoor ceramic works in the form of chairs and sofas. Life and work Dolz grew up in Barcelona, where her father had a booth at the flea market. In 1965 she moved to the Netherlands when her husband wanted to pursue a PhD in economics at the Tinbergen Institute.Willemijn Stokvis (2008).Dora Dolz (1941-2008) Weelderige, wulpse vormen kenmerken haar werk in; NRC Handelsblad, 4 March 2008. Between 1967 and 1971 she studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Art, where she was a lecturer herself from the 1980s. As an artist Dotz mainly produced paintings, ceramics, glassware, rugs, which were often pictured in flamboyant colors form. Recurring themes (leitmotifs) in these works were birth, life, suffering and death. Her work is found in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Museum de Fundatie (Heino). There are sculptures by her in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Dettmeijer
Simone may refer to: * Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin * Simone (surname), an Italian surname Simone may also refer to: * ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (1926 film), a French silent drama film * ''Simone'' (2002 film), a 2002 science-fiction drama film * ''Simone'' (2013 film), a 2013 Brazilian drama * Simone (actress) (born 1962), stage name of Lisa Celeste Stroud, daughter of Nina Simone * Nina Simone (1933β2003), stage name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon, singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist * Simone (born 1966), Egyptian singer and actress * Simone (character), a fictional character in the ABC Family show ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' * Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (born 1949), Brazilian singer and performer, better known by her mononym Simone * Simone Egeriis (born 1992), Danish singer, better known by her mononym Simone * Tropical Storm Simone (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
