Klaas Gubbels met tafeltje waarop een stilleven van geboetseerde kannen

Klaas Gubbels (born 1934) is a Dutch painter and sculptor with a special love of coffeepots.

Biography

He was born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

and in 1954 he became assistant to Wally Elenbaas and

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In 1959-1960 he became assistant to Marius van Beek and bronze worker Dick Grossman. He became a member of the ''Gemeenschap Beeldende Kunstenaars'' (GBK) in 1963. His works, which include large murals as well as small prints, often depict a teapot, usually placed on a table. He lives in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

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References

External links

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1934 births Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Painters from Rotterdam Living people {{Netherlands-artist-stub