John Baselmans (born May 20, 1954 in

Waalre Waalre () is an affluent municipality and town in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands, immediately south of the city of Eindhoven. Population centres * Aalst * Waalre Waalre is the so-called ''Groenfontein'' (Green founta ...

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) is a Dutch artist,

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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, and

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. He was born in Aalst but has lived and worked in

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since 1982. Since 1984, Baselmans has designed

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s for the post office of the Netherlands Antilles and has worked as an

for different schoolbooks. His pen

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s are made in a combination of

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, and soft pastel

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. Baselmans started to draw at the age of three. His father taught him

woodcarving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

, working with

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, and other techniques which he still uses. He attended the Graphic School (University) and The Free Academy in

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. Afterwards, he attended several drawing courses such as

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and

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in the

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. More recently, he has organized exhibitions in several countries, and has written several

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Exhibitions

*1972 Kabbendans - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1972 Abbenhuis - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1973 Kabbendans - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1974 Kabbendans - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1977 Unilever - Duiven, Netherlands *1980 Huis in 't Park - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1981 Piazza center - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1981 Stadhuis zaal - Eindhoven, Netherlands *1981 Stadhuis - Gouda, Netherlands *1981 De Tempel - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1982 Centro Bolivar Y Bello - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1983 Taverne - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1983 Assencion - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1984 Curacaosche museum - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1984 Sentro Pro arte - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1985 Curacaosche museum - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1986 Zeelandia - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1988 Seaquarium - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *1989 Gallery ABN - Aruba - Netherlands Antilles *1989 Gallery Artishock - Aruba - Netherlands Antilles *1990 Graphic Art Gallery - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *2003 Villa Maria - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles *2004 Gallery 86 - Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Stamp design

-Baselmans designed about 200 stamps for the Postal Service of the

Catalog; Postzegels van Nederlandse & Overzeese rijksdelen NRS. FDC Se:

References

*"Grafische school" Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1999 till 1971, Special drawing classes G2E and G3E, Director Mr Janssen *"Vrije Kunstakademie" Eindhoven, Netherlands 1971 till 1975, Director Mr Jan Kuhr *Publications Exhibition the Netherlands, 1972 till 1984; Groot Eindhoven, Eindhovens Dagblad, Woensels Belang, Dagblad van het Zuiden. *Publications Exhibitions Antilles 1981 Till 2007; Local/International newspapers, A.D., Amigoe Antillen, Beurs en Nieuwsberichten, Extra, Ulto moticia, Amigoe Aruba. All the newspaper articles written about Mr. Baselmans are collected, and can be read at the following links:
Exhibitions (55 publications)
Most of the articles are also stored in th

*Illustrations and written books. *Postal service of the Netherlands Antilles, 1994, "Stamp Collection 1994", Mr.Galmeijer *"Op avontuur door alfabethland"(local schoolbooks), part 1 (1990) and 2 (1991), Mrs R Sifhrin *Various school books( without ISBN numbers) "Taal kabaal" and "Allemaal Taal", 1998-1999 production of APS, Utrecht, Netherland *“Juli” Rotary, Curaçao, 2002 *“Fiesta di Kuenta” Rotary, Curaçao, 2002 *"Club di Seru Altu” part 1 (2002) and 2 (2003), production of APS, Utrecht, Netherland *Several articles in Dutch version of Wikipedia, 2007 See also librar
University of the Netherlands Antilles

Books written by John Baselmans

Publisher LoB

*Onze Cultuur *Makamba *Mañan-Morgen *De wijsheden van onze oudjes *Hé oudje, leef je nog? *Eiland-je bewoner Bundel *Eiland-je bewoner Deel 2 *Eiland-je bewoner Deel 1 *Eiland-je bewoner *Curacao achter gesloten deuren *De matrix van het systeem Deel 1 *De matrix van het systeem Deel 2 *The hidden world part 1 *The hidden world part 2 *Geloof en het geloven *Dieptepunt *Namen/Names *Drugs *De protocollen van Sion 21ste eeuw *Verboden publicaties *De maatschappelijke beerput *Achter de sociale mediaschermen *Project Corona/COVID-19 *De Missende link *Curatele *Curaçao maffia eiland *Zwartboek van Curaçao *Mi bida no bal niun sèn *Pech gehad *Geboren voor één cent *Help de Antillen verzuipen *Moderne slavernij in het systeem *Ingezonden *Lifework Deluxe Edition 1 ISBN none *Lifework Deluxe Edition 2 ISBN none *John Baselmans’ Lifework (Part 1) *John Baselmans’ Lifework (Part 2) *John Baselmans’ Lifework (Part 3) *John Baselmans’ Lifework (Part 4) *Leren tekenen met gevoel *Drawing humans in black and white *The world of drawing humans *John Baselmans Drawing Course *The secret behind my drawings *Levenscirkel (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Utopia (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Vrijheid en liefde (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Dimensies (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Hologram (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Het lang verborgen geheim (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Zelfgenezing (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Dood is dood (Uit de cyclus van het energieniale leven) *Het energieniale leven *The world of positive energy *Words of wisdom (Part3) *Words of wisdom (Part 2) *Words of wisdom (Part 1) *Words of wisdom (Part 4) *NU deel 12 *NU deel 11 *NU deel 10 *NU deel 9 *NU deel 8 *NU deel 7 *NU deel 6 *NU deel 5 *NU deel 4 *NU deel 3 *NU deel 2 *NU deel 1 *Het dagboek van een eilandstek *Jonathan en Shalimar ISBN none *Publications postal stamps 1984 till 2007, "Special catalog Postalstamps" , Philately department Postal Netherlands Antilles, Director Mr. S.Paulina {{DEFAULTSORT:Baselmans, John 1954 births Living people People from Waalre Curaçao artists Dutch artists Dutch emigrants to Curaçao Dutch graphic designers